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)
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 artifact with several horizontal lines of hieroglyphic inscriptions.
The artifact is a small, oval object featuring tightly packed horizontal lines of hieroglyphs. The script includes various symbols, such as iconic hieroglyphic representations of birds and seated figures. The surface appears worn but is generally well-preserved, with the inscriptions remaining visible. The style is consistent with traditional ancient Egyptian inscriptive techniques.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.477E tier-2
- BKM-Object 117125 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.