Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Scarab
Description
Jasper
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 carved stone scarab artifact, likely used as an amulet.
The image depicts a black stone scarab, intricately carved to include detailed features typical of scarabs used in ancient Egypt. The piece is smooth with a distinct division between the top and the underside, marked by simple line work indicating the body segmentation of the beetle. Scarabs of this type were commonly used as seals or amulets and are iconic symbols in Egyptian culture.
decorative
New Kingdom
excellent
Materials
stone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116244591 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 22.1.389 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545248 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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