Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Scarab Decorated with Loops
Description
Steatite, traces of green glaze
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 Egyptian artifact featuring geometric and linear patterns.
This artifact appears to be an amulet or seal, crafted in an oval shape with intricate patterns carved into its surface. The design consists of repetitive linear motifs and geometric shapes, possibly symbolizing certain Egyptian deities or royal symbolic concepts. The craftsmanship suggests it was intended for decorative or ceremonial use.
decorative
Middle Kingdom
good
Materials
stone
Signs
unknown
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116244731 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 22.1.330 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545224 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.