Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · jewelry
Scarab of Queen Tiy
Description
Caption: Scarab of Queen Tiy, ca. 1353–1292 B.C.E.. Faience, 1/4 x 7/16 x 5/8 in. (0.6 x 1.1 x 1.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X626.3.
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 Egyptian scarab seal with visible hieroglyphs.
The image depicts an Egyptian scarab seal, likely made from steatite or similar stone, carved with a series of hieroglyphs on its flat underside. The seal is small and oval-shaped, commonly used in personal decoration or as an amulet. It includes intricate carvings that might have been used for stamping or sealing.
hieroglyphic only
unknown
good
Materials
stone
Signs
unknown ×3
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession X626.3 tier-2
- BKM-Object 120364 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.
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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.