Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · jewelry
Motto Scarab
Description
Caption: Motto Scarab, ca. 1390–1353 B.C.E.. Steatite, glaze, 3/8 x 5/8 x 7/16 in. (1 x 1.6 x 1.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. Lawrence Coolidge and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, and the Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 48.66.56.
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.
Image of an ancient Egyptian scarab artifact with hieroglyphs.
The artifact depicted is a small stone scarab featuring incised hieroglyphic inscriptions. Its oval shape and detailed carvings suggest it may have been used as a seal or amulet. Notable features include meticulously carved symbols that are typical of Egyptian artistic styles.
hieroglyphic only
unknown
excellent
Materials
stone
Signs
unknown ×10
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 48.66.56 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3517 tier-2
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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.
- 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.