Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · papyrus
Model of Papyrus Roll
Description
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 small blue scarab-shaped object.
The artifact is a small blue scarab amulet or bead, typically used in ancient Egypt for religious or decorative purposes. The object is smooth and has a glossy surface, suggestive of faience. The shape is simple, focusing on the traditional scarab design, common in various Egyptian periods.
decorative
unknown
good
Materials
faience
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116413692 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 30.8.33 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544837 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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- 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.
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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.