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Scarab

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Description

<p>This serpentine scarab has a flat underside without a bottom design. The design of the back is very detailed, with fine incised lines and regular line flow. The proportions of the top are almost balanced, the workmanship of the piece is excellent, and it is elaborately made.This scarab functioned as a funerary amulet with renewal connotations. It was probably an inlay or the central piece of a winged scarab.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.547' rel='external'>Scarab</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>

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 Green Stone

Cross-references (2)

  • Walters-AccNum 42.547 tier-2
  • Walters-id 5325 tier-2
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  • From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Walters Art Museum (Egyptian).
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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.