Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · jewelry
Lion Scarab of Amenhotep III
Description
Caption: Lion Scarab of Amenhotep III, ca. 1390–1352 B.C.E.. Steatite, glaze, 1 × 1 13/16 × 2 13/16 in. (2.5 × 4.6 × 7.1 cm) Weight: 0.2 lb. (112.2 g). Brooklyn Museum, 34.1300.
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.
The artifact is a carved piece of wood with hieroglyphic inscriptions.
The object appears to be a small, weathered wooden artifact densely inscribed with hieroglyphs. The inscriptions are carved into the surface in horizontal lines, demonstrating skillful craftsmanship typical of ancient Egyptian writing. The style reflects traditional Egyptian carving techniques.
hieroglyphic only
unknown
good
Materials
wood
Signs
bread loaf ×3
vulture ×2
reclining lion
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 34.1300 tier-2
- BKM-Object 38671 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.