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

Large Scarab of Amenhotep III

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Description

Caption: Large Scarab of Amenhotep III, ca. 1390–1352 B.C.E.. Steatite, glaze, 11/16 x 2 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. (1.8 x 5.7 x 8.6 cm) Weight: 0.3 lb. (154.65 g). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1185.

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 artifact with hieroglyphic text inscribed on an oval-shaped stone.

The artifact is an oval-shaped stone, inscribed with dense rows of hieroglyphic text. The style suggests a typical layout found in funerary or religious objects, with detailed and carefully carved signs. Notable features include the presence of animal and human symbols, along with common hieroglyphic motifs.

hieroglyphic only New Kingdom good
Materials stone
Signs ankh re ×2

Connections

Found at Tell el-Amarna
Materials Stone

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 34.1185 tier-2
  • BKM-Object 38534 tier-2
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  • AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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