Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · jewelry
Large Scarab
Description
Caption: Large Scarab, ca. 1630–1539 B.C.E., or much later. Stone, 2 3/4 x 1 7/8 x 1 1/16 in. (7 x 4.8 x 2.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1971E.
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 Egyptian artifact with engraved hieroglyphic symbols.
The artifact appears to be a scarab or amulet made from a dark material, likely stone. It features intricate engravings, including a central cartouche containing hieroglyphic symbols. Surrounding the central elements are additional decorative motifs. The craftsmanship suggests a functional and decorative purpose.
royal
unknown
good
Materials
stone
Signs
Ankh
Djed
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1971E tier-2
- BKM-Object 118474 tier-2
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- 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.