Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Scarab of an Official
Description
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 artifact with hieroglyphic inscriptions.
The image depicts an ancient Egyptian scarab, which is an oval-shaped amulet with intricate hieroglyphic inscriptions on its surface. The craftsmanship is typical of scarabs used for seals or amulets, featuring carved signs that suggest symbolic or administrative use. The artifact appears to be made of a material resembling faience or another stone-like material, showing signs of aging but retaining clarity in its carvings.
hieroglyphic only
Middle Kingdom
good
Materials
faience
Signs
Ankh
Reed Leaf
Basket
Visible text
"Unclear"
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116244759 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 22.1.327 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545222 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.