Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Scarab Decorated with Scrolls
Description
Cream-white 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 inscribed Egyptian scarab with stylized patterns and signs on its surface.
The image shows an Egyptian scarab with intricate engravings consisting primarily of repeated stylized 'S' forms and lines across its surface. These geometrical patterns are typical of Egyptian decorative styles often seen on scarabs, which were used as amulets. The scarab appears to be made from a stone material, possibly steatite, and carved with a high level of precision.
decorative
Middle Kingdom
good
Materials
stone
Signs
S-shaped patterns ×14
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116413811 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 22.1.205 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545040 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.