Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Scarab with Horned Animal and Uraei
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 oval-shaped ancient Egyptian seal or amulet with intricate carvings.
The artifact is an oval-shaped seal featuring carved representations possibly of animals or mythical creatures. The style is indicative of detailed craftsmanship with an emphasis on linear and geometric patterns. The carvings display a notable level of detail and sophistication, suggesting a decorative or symbolic purpose. The surface appears worn, consistent with age.
decorative
Middle Kingdom
good
Materials
limestone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116244744 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 22.1.329 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545223 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.