Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Scarab of Wah
Description
Faience, linen thread
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 blue scarab amulet with yellow fiber cord attached.
The image depicts a blue scarab amulet made from glazed faience, featuring a rounded top and flat bottom. Attached to the scarab is a yellow fiber cord used for display or wearing. The piece shows a classic ancient Egyptian style commonly associated with protective amulets.
decorative
unknown
good
Materials
faiencefiber
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- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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