Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Profile Face Inlay of King Akhenaten
Description
Carnelian
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 carved fragment of an ancient amulet or scarab in orange material.
This is a fragment of what appears to be an ancient Egyptian amulet or scarab, carved from a glossy, orange material, possibly carnelian. The piece shows intricate detailing and remnants of symbolic motifs, indicative of skilled craftsmanship. It likely once formed part of a larger object that held significance, possibly amuletic or decorative.
decorative
unknown
fragmentary
Materials
carnelian
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116408494 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 2021.41.76 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 329854 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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