Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Scarab
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.
An ancient Egyptian scarab amulet with decorative motifs.
The artifact is a small, faience scarab amulet displaying intricate decorative motifs typical of Egyptian symbolism. It is oval-shaped with carved designs on the top, possibly indicating a protective symbol or name. The craftsmanship suggests it was worn as a protective charm.
decorative
New Kingdom
good
Materials
faience
Signs
ankh
unknown_sign ×4
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116280522 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 16.10.223 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546965 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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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.