Scarab
Description
Second Intermediate Period–Early New Kingdom, Dynasty 17–Early Dynasty 18, ca. 1635–1458 B.C. Steatite (glazed). l. 1.5 cm (9/16 in); w. 1.1 cm (7/16 in). From: Courtyard CC 41, Tomb R 2, Burial G 1 (or G 2), On body, Asasif, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1915–16. Subject: Hieroglyphs, Scarabs. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1916.
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A small oval scarab-shaped amulet made of a dark greenish-blue glazed stone, with an incised beetle motif and register-like decoration on the back.
The image shows the back of an oval scarab/winged-beetle amulet in a weathered, glossy green-blue glaze over a lighter body. The design is carved in relief: a stylized central scarab form with a prominent circular element and surrounding vertical strokes resembling legs or framing elements; additional thick, black-green lines form a stepped, banded composition around the central figure. No clear cartouche or royal name is visible. No legible text is present in the photograph; any signs are indistinct and do not resolve into specific hieroglyphs with confidence. The edges are chipped, suggesting wear or loss of glaze in places. No deities are explicitly identifiable from the visible iconography alone.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116280524 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 16.10.288 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546908 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
About this record's data
- 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.