Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · jewelry

Uninscribed Scarab

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Description

Caption: Uninscribed Scarab, ca. 1539–332 B.C.E.. Rock crystal, 3/8 × 1/2 × 11/16 in. (1 × 1.3 × 1.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.510E.

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 artifact with a grain-like appearance next to a measuring scale.

The image shows a small oval artifact that appears to be made of stone or mineral. It is placed next to a measuring scale for size reference and a label marked '37.510 E'. The artifact's surface is lightly textured, and it has a slightly translucent quality.

photographic documentation unknown good
Materials unknown

Connections

Found at Egypt

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 37.510E tier-2
  • BKM-Object 117154 tier-2
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  • From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
  • 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.