Large Scarab of Amenhotep III
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.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 34.1185 tier-2
- BKM-Object 38534 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.