Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · jewelry

Motto Scarab ("May the King of Lower Egypt Live")

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Description

Caption: Motto Scarab ("May the King of Lower Egypt Live"), ca. 1630–1539 B.C.E.. Steatite, glaze, 3/4 x 1/2 in. (1.9 x 1.3 cm) 3/8 x 9/16 x 13/16 in. (0.9 x 1.4 x 2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 44.123.95.

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 image showing a scarab artifact with a ruler for scale.

The image depicts a small scarab artifact with intricate carvings on its surface. The artifact is placed next to a ruler indicating its size. The carvings appear to be hieroglyphic in nature, possibly used for decorative or religious purposes. The overall composition highlights the artifact’s detailed workmanship.

decorative New Kingdom good
Materials unknown
Signs unknown ×10
Visible text "unknown"

Connections

Found at Egypt

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 44.123.95 tier-2
  • BKM-Object 3473 tier-2
About this record's data
  • From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
  • 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.