Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Scarab of an Official
Description
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 hieroglyphs.
The image shows a small, oval-shaped scarab seal made from a light-colored material, likely limestone or steatite. The surface is engraved with hieroglyphs framed within an oval cartouche. The craftsmanship suggests a functional purpose, potentially as an amulet or a stamp for official documents. Notable features include the design and arrangement of symbols that are typical of Egyptian art.
hieroglyphic only
New Kingdom
good
Materials
limestone
Signs
Ankh
Reed leaf
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116244794 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 22.1.317 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545216 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.
- 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.