Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · papyrus
Scarab Inscribed with Hieroglyphs
Description
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 scarab artifact featuring hieroglyphs.
The image depicts an ancient Egyptian scarab amulet with carved hieroglyphs on its surface. The style appears characteristic of Middle to Late Period craftsmanship, with detailed incisions. The design features several identifiable hieroglyphic signs arranged symmetrically within an oval shape, typical of scarab seals.
hieroglyphic only
Middle Kingdom
good
Materials
faience
Signs
Ankh
Djed
Was
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116244609 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 22.1.372 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545245 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.