Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · jewelry
Motto Scarab
Description
Caption: Motto Scarab, ca. 1539–1292 B.C.E.. Steatite, glaze, 3/16 x 5/16 x 7/16 in. (0.5 x 0.8 x 1.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X626.5.
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.
An oval-shaped amulet or seal with inscriptions.
The image shows a small, oval-shaped object resembling a cartouche or amulet, placed alongside a measuring scale. The object has inscribed symbols inside the outline, likely indicating a form of identification or protection. It appears to be made from a material like faience or stone and is notably small in size.
unclear
unknown
good
Materials
stone
Signs
unknown ×2
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession X626.5 tier-2
- BKM-Object 120366 tier-2
About this record's data
- 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.
- Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.