Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Scarab of Nebirierau I
Description
Bright blue faience
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.
A blue faience scarab seal with carved hieroglyphs.
The artifact is a scarab-shaped seal made of blue faience. It features intricately carved hieroglyphs on its flat side, which are somewhat worn but still visible. The faience material gives it a glossy blue appearance, indicative of common Egyptian craftsmanship aimed at representing the protective and regenerative nature of the scarab beetle symbolism. The piece's surface shows signs of aging, yet retains its detailed composition.
hieroglyphic only
Middle Kingdom
good
Materials
faience
Signs
scarab
Visible text
"unclear"
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116247903 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 22.1.335 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544390 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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