Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Heart Scarab
Description
Limestone
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 oval-shaped ancient artifact with inscribed hieroglyphs.
The artifact appears to be a stone amulet or scarab with detailed hieroglyphic inscriptions carved on its surface. The design is typical of Egyptian craftsmanship, showcasing small, intricate symbols arranged in horizontal rows. The surface patina suggests it is aged, and the inscriptions cover almost the entire visible surface.
hieroglyphic only
Middle Kingdom
good
Materials
limestone
Signs
Ankh ×5
Djed ×2
Was ×3
Connections
Materials
Limestone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116413961 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 15.6.42 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545438 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
About this record's data
- 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.