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

Scarab with Lotus Plant

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Description

Caption: Scarab with Lotus Plant, ca. 1539–1292 B.C.E.. Glass, 7/16in. (1.1cm) Other: 7/16in. (1.1cm) 1/4 x 5/16 x 7/16 in. (0.6 x 0.8 x 1.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.508E.

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.

Black and white image of an ancient Egyptian scarab or small artifact with inscriptions.

The artifact appears to be a small scarab with visible hieroglyphic inscriptions. It is oval in shape and has a flat surface on one side where the hieroglyphs are inscribed. The style is typical of Egyptian scarabs used for decorative or administrative purposes. Part of an archaeological record, it includes a ruler for scale indicating its small size.

hieroglyphic only unknown good
Materials unknown
Signs unknown ×10
Visible text "unclear"

Connections

Found at Egypt

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 37.508E tier-2
  • BKM-Object 117152 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.