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

Three Strand Necklace with Scarab

Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, acc. 26.162. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 26.162
Find spot: Abydos, Egypt, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Second Intermediate Period
Dynasty: late Dynasty 13 to Dynasty 17
Date: ca. 1630–1539 B.C.E.
Date range: 1630 BCE – 1539 BCE
Materials: ['Steatite', 'glaze']
Height: 0.7 cm
Width: 1.2 cm
Repository: Brooklyn Museum
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Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Three Strand Necklace with Scarab (26.162). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/29601

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Object Label: Most Egyptians wore scarabs on simple rings, bracelets, or necklaces. Egyptians wishing to emphasize their wealth and status incorporated scarabs into elaborate pieces of jewelry, like this impressive necklace. Caption: Three Strand Necklace with Scarab, ca. 1630–1539 B.C.E.. Steatite, glaze, Scarab: 1/4 × 1/2 × 5/8 in. (0.7 × 1.2 × 1.6 cm) As strung, length: 19 13/16 in. (50.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 26.162. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

A photographed necklace composed of three closely arranged strands of small dark beads with occasional turquoise/blue-green glazed elements and a central scarab-like motif near the front.

The image shows a three-strand necklace laid against a light background. Each strand is formed from many small, uniformly sized bead units (dark, possibly steatite or stone with dark glaze) connected so the strands curve into an oval shape. At the lower front center of the necklace there are one or more larger decorative elements that appear turquoise/blue-green with red and darker inlays, consistent with a central motif associated with the scarab described in the catalogue, though the full scarab form is not clearly delineated in the photograph. No legible hieroglyphic, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible. No cartouches or royal names are present. Overall condition appears good for an object in a photo (no obvious breaks visible).

decorative Second Intermediate Period (per catalogue); exact dating cannot be confirmed from image alone. good

Materials stone beads (likely steatite per catalogue)glazed inlays/segments (blue-green/turquoise appearance)metal connectors/cord ends (thin light-colored wire/loop at both ends)

Connections

Found at Abydos

Cross-references (2)

BKM-Accession 26.162 tier-2
BKM-Object 3299 tier-2

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