Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · jewelry

Scaraboid

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Description

Caption: Scaraboid, 664–332 B.C.E.. Jasper, 3/8 x 1 9/16 x 1/2 in. (0.9 x 4 x 1.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.526E.

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.

A small ancient Egyptian scarab artifact.

The image depicts a small oval-shaped scarab, commonly used in ancient Egypt as an amulet or seal. It features a beetle design on the obverse and potentially hieroglyphic inscriptions on the reverse. Such scarabs were often made of steatite or faience and glazed in blue or green.

decorative unknown good
Materials unknown

Connections

Found at Egypt

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 37.526E tier-2
  • BKM-Object 117169 tier-2
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