Heart Scarab with Text
Description
Caption: Heart Scarab with Text, ca. 1292–1190 B.C.E.. Stone, 1 × 1 5/8 × 2 9/16 in. (2.6 × 4.2 × 6.5 cm) Weight: 0.3 lb. (129.35 g) mount (deck mount dims (2025) ): 8 × 1 7/8 × 1 in. (20.3 × 4.8 × 2.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.478E. (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 stone artifact engraved with rows of hieroglyphs.
The artifact is an oval-shaped stone with a smooth surface, covered in detailed hieroglyphic inscriptions arranged in neat horizontal rows. The engraving appears precise and deeply carved, suggesting skilled craftsmanship. The artifact is likely a scarab, often used for seals or amulets in ancient Egypt.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.478E tier-2
- BKM-Object 117126 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.