Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Scarab Decorated with Loops
Description
Steatite, traces of blue glaze
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 artifact depicting rows of repeated S-shaped motifs.
This artifact is an oval-shaped piece featuring rows of repeated, stylized S-shaped motifs. The design is carved in relief, creating a rhythmic and decorative pattern across the entire surface. The style is consistent with decorative elements found in ancient Egyptian art, often used for jewelry or amulets.
decorative
unknown
good
Materials
limestone
Signs
S-shaped motif ×21
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116280729 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 15.3.409 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546791 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.
- 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.