Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Canaanite Scarab with Two Men and a Lion
Description
Steatite (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 ancient Egyptian scarab seal with carved imagery.
The image depicts an ancient Egyptian scarab seal, characterized by intricate carvings on its surface. The design features a central motif surrounded by additional symbols possibly representing animals or deities. The craftsmanship highlights the typical style of small engraved objects from ancient Egypt, possibly used for sealing documents or as jewelry.
decorative
Middle Kingdom
excellent
Materials
faience
Signs
reclining lion
cobra
Connections
Materials
Faience
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116247586 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 30.8.764 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544664 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.