Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry

Scarab Incised with Nefer Signs and Scrolls

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Description

Green glazed faience

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 artifact with swirling decorative patterns.

The artifact is an oval object featuring a series of swirling, abstract patterns. The style and composition suggest decorative purposes, with a focus on symmetry and repetition. The colors are predominantly blue and green with natural patina, indicating age and craftsmanship.

decorative unknown good
Materials faience

Connections

Found at Lisht North
Materials Faience

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116244766 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 22.1.319 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 545218 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.