Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Scarab
Description
Steatite, gray glazed
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 inscribed scarab with intricate geometric patterns and script.
The artifact is an ancient Egyptian scarab featuring elaborate geometric designs. The central script, likely hieroglyphic, is surrounded by an interwoven pattern resembling a braided or knotted design. This object showcases precision in both carving and design, typical of small amuletic artifacts meant for personal use.
decorative
unknown
good
Materials
stone
Signs
unknown ×5
Connections
Materials
Stone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116247845 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 26.7.600 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544434 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
About this record's data
- 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.
- 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.