Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Scarab of an Official
Description
Pale green 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 seal with engraved hieroglyphs.
This artifact is a scarab-shaped seal, typical of the artistic and functional style used for stamps and amulets in ancient Egypt. The oval surface is intricately engraved with hieroglyphic inscriptions. The composition appears to include a combination of animal and symbolic signs, commonly used in personal or administrative seals. The carving is detailed and indicative of skilled craftsmanship.
hieroglyphic only
Middle Kingdom
good
Materials
faience
Signs
ankh
bird
Visible text
"Ankh, bird sign, and other hieroglyphs"
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116244797 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 22.1.315 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545214 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.