Commemorative Lion Hunt Scarab of Amunhotep III
Description
Caption: Commemorative Lion Hunt Scarab of Amunhotep III, ca. 1390–1352 B.C.E.. Steatite, glaze, 1 5/16 x 2 5/16 x 3 7/16 in. (3.4 x 5.8 x 8.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.477E. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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- Brooklyn 37.477E PNM text
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
An oval, scarab-shaped Egyptian artifact covered on its face with dense, incised hieroglyphs in horizontal lines.
The object appears as a polished, dark stone scarab/oval amuletic form with its front fully occupied by tightly carved hieroglyphic signs arranged in multiple registers (roughly 5–6 horizontal lines). The signs are carved in low relief/incision with many strokes and wedges typical of New Kingdom scarab inscriptions. No clear human or animal figures (e.g., lions) and no legible royal cartouche are confidently identifiable at this image resolution. The background of the photograph is neutral gray; no additional text in Greek/Coptic/Arabic is visible. The material surface looks stone-like and possibly glazed, but the glaze is not distinct enough to confirm beyond the catalogue description. Overall condition appears worn but intact, with softened edges of some signs.
Cross-references (3)
- BKM-Accession 37.477E tier-2
- BKM-Object 117125 tier-2
- PNM-Object pnm:83916442 tier-2 (inventory-match)
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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.