Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Scarab with seated griffin
Description
Glazed steatite
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 amulet with a carved image of a winged sphinx and possible symbols.
The artifact is an oval-shaped scarab amulet featuring the carved depiction of a winged sphinx with prominent wings and a stylized, possibly symbolic, element next to it. The craftsmanship suggests an emphasis on detailed line work typical of Egyptian amulets. The overall composition centers the sphinx and includes curved lines that may represent hieroglyphic signs or decorative motifs.
decorative
New Kingdom
good
Materials
faience
Signs
sphinx with wings
curved lines ×2
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116280259 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 16.10.221 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546964 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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