Scarab
Description
Caption: Scarab, ca. 1292–1190 B.C.E.. Limestone, 7/8 × 1 5/8 × 2 3/8 in. (2.3 × 4.2 × 6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.532E.
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 inscribed clay tablet featuring multiple rows of ancient script.
The image depicts an ancient clay tablet with several horizontal lines of inscription. The text appears to be composed of cuneiform script, which is indicative of the administrative documents. The object has an oval shape and exhibits features consistent with Mesopotamian clay tablets used for record-keeping. The edges are slightly worn but the inscriptions are clearly visible, suggesting good preservation.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.532E tier-2
- BKM-Object 117175 tier-2
About this record's data
- 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.