Heart Scarab of the Priest Padihormin
Description
Caption: Heart Scarab of the Priest Padihormin, 664 B.C.E. – 610 B.C.E.. Basalt, 7/8 × 1 1/2 × 2 1/16 in. (2.2 × 3.8 × 5.3 cm) Weight: 0.2 lb. (79.15 g) mount (deck mount dims (2025)): 8 1/2 × 1 5/8 × 3/4 in. (21.6 × 4.1 × 1.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.483E. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06
Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
An ancient Egyptian scarab with inscribed hieroglyphs.
The image depicts a scarab artifact made of a stone-like material. The scarab is ornately carved and displays horizontal lines filled with hieroglyphs. The style suggests it was used as an amulet or seal, common in ancient Egyptian art. The craftsmanship is detailed, indicating the importance of inscriptions during its period.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.483E tier-2
- BKM-Object 117129 tier-2
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
- Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.