Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Scarab of an Official
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.
An ancient Egyptian green scarab seal with intricate hieroglyphic inscriptions.
This artifact is a scarab seal featuring detailed hieroglyphic inscriptions. The scarab is an example of fine craftsmanship, commonly used in ancient Egypt for sealing documents and amulets. Its composition reflects the symbolic and religious significance tied to rebirth and protection. The surface shows evidence of faience, a glazed non-clay ceramic material, typical of Egyptian amulets.
hieroglyphic only
New Kingdom
good
Materials
faience
Signs
scarab beetle
Visible text
"unclear"
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116244681 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 22.1.347 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545233 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.