Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry

Uninscribed Heart Scarab New Kingdom ?

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Description

Heart Scarab, uninscribed. New Kingdom ?, ca. 1550–1070 B.C. Dioritic stone. L. 4.6 × W. 3.4 × H. 2.2 cm (1 13/16 × 1 5/16 × 7/8 in.). From: Egypt. Credit: Gift of Helen Miller Gould, 1910.

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.

Connections

Materials Dark Stone

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116386294 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 10.130.1664 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 553103 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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