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Heart Scarab

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Description

New Kingdom, Ramesside, Dynasty 19–20, ca. 1295–1070 B.C. Serpentinite. l. 7.8 cm (3 1/16 in); w. 5.4 cm (2 1/8 in); h. 2.1 cm (13/16 in). From: Egypt. Subject: Human Figures, Scarabs. Credit: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926.

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

The image shows an oval, dark stone scarab-like amuletic object with incised line art across its surface.

A single oval heart scarab/amulet is photographed against a plain light background. The face is carved with fine, incised/engraved hieroglyphic-style lines and figures forming a central, seated deity-like figure (with a headdress and a striped/pleated garment) flanked by winged or fan-like elements and additional column-like motifs. No separate Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible. The outer surface appears dark green to black, consistent with a stone amulet; the catalogue material is serpentinite, and the visual appearance is consistent though exact mineral identification cannot be confirmed from the photo alone. No clear cartouche or royal name is legible; the markings are largely decorative/ritual and hieroglyphic in style. Condition appears good with crisp engraving; the amulet is complete in frame.

religious New Kingdom, Ramesside (per catalogue; exact period not confirmable from photo alone) good
Deities unknown seated deity figure with headdress (likely a protective/underworld-associated figure, not identifiable with certainty from this image alone)
Materials dark stone (greenish-black)
Signs incised ritual/hieroglyphic bands and figure-form motifs (exact signs unclear)

Connections

Materials Dark Stone

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116234996 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 26.7.735 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 569766 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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  • From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
  • 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.