Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Scarab of an Official
Description
Green feldspar
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 oval-shaped scarab or amulet with faint inscriptions.
The image depicts an oval amulet or scarab-shaped artifact primarily made of a greenish material, possibly faience or stone. The surface shows faint inscriptions or carvings, characteristic of Egyptian amulets often used for protection. The design is minimalistic with smooth features, indicating its use as a personal item or talisman.
decorative
unknown
good
Materials
faience
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116245573 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 22.1.273 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545089 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
About this record's data
- 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.
- 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.