Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Scarab with kneeling Nile god before obelisk
Description
New Kingdom or early Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 19–21, ca. 1295–1070 B.C. Steatite. L. 1.7 × W. 1.3 × H. 0.6 cm (11/16 × 1/2 in., 0.6 cm). From: Egypt. Subject: Obelisks, Hieroglyphs, Scarabs. 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.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116245858 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 10.130.581 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 553438 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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