Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Scarab Finger Ring
Description
Green feldspar
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 faience scarab set in a gold wire, possibly used as a ring or amulet.
This artifact is a well-crafted scarab made of green faience, mounted on a gold wire setting. The object features typical scarab carvings, suggesting it may have been used as a personal item such as a ring or amulet. The style indicates an emphasis on symmetry and craftsmanship typical of amulets found in ancient Egypt.
decorative
New Kingdom
excellent
Materials
faiencegold
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116414901 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 22.1.165 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546849 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.