Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Scarab Inscribed with Hieroglyphs in a Scroll Border
Description
Bright blue 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.
A scarab amulet with hieroglyphic carvings on its surface.
The artifact is a scarab amulet, likely made of faience, featuring intricate hieroglyphic carvings. The composition is well-crafted, with a central figure surrounded by symmetrical hieroglyph symbols. The blue glaze is typical of scarab amulets, used for both jewelry and talismans in ancient Egypt. The craftsmanship suggests it was an object of personal adornment or spiritual significance.
hieroglyphic only
New Kingdom
good
Materials
faience
Signs
scarab
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116244715 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 22.1.336 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545228 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.
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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.