Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · jewelry
Scarab of Amunhotep II
Description
Caption: Scarab of Amunhotep II, ca. 1426–1292 B.C.E.. Steatite, glaze, 3/8 x 1/4 x 3/8 in. (1.0 x 0.7 x 1.0 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X626.4.
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.
A small scarab seal with hieroglyphic inscriptions.
This artifact is a scarab-shaped seal displaying hieroglyphic inscriptions. The composition features a typical beetle form on top, with inscriptions carved on the base. The inscriptions consist of several distinct hieroglyphs, possibly serving an amuletic or administrative purpose. The material appears to be steatite, common in scarabs, which may be glazed.
decorative
Middle Kingdom
good
Materials
steatite
Signs
ankh
djed
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession X626.4 tier-2
- BKM-Object 120365 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.
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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.