Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · jewelry
Scarab
Description
Caption: 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, X626.1.
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 small scarab amulet with detailed carvings.
The image depicts a scarab made from stone, featuring intricately carved details on its dorsal side. The design includes symmetrical, abstract patterns, common in Middle to New Kingdom motifs. The item is surrounded by a ruler for scale, indicating its small, portable size, typical of personal amulets.
decorative
New Kingdom
good
Materials
stone
Signs
scarab
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession X626.1 tier-2
- BKM-Object 120362 tier-2
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- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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