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

Heart Scarab

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Description

Caption: Heart Scarab, ca. 1539–1292 B.C.E., or much later. Serecite?, 7/8 × 1 5/16 × 1 15/16 in. (2.2 × 3.3 × 4.9 cm) Weight: 0.1 lb. (61.4 g). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.490E. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

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 scarab artifact, likely made of stone, placed next to a scale.

The image depicts a single scarab artifact, intricately carved, likely from a stone material. The scarab is oval-shaped and shows detailed carving on its surface that may depict hieroglyphs or decorative patterns typical of scarabs used in ancient Egypt as amulets or seals. The artifact is placed next to a ruler for scale comparison.

decorative unknown excellent
Materials unknown

Connections

Found at Egypt

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 37.490E tier-2
  • BKM-Object 117134 tier-2
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