Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Four Knot Clasps of Sithathoryunet
Description
Gold
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 small, gold amulet resembling a scarab beetle.
The artifact is a small amulet crafted from gold, shaped to resemble a scarab beetle. Its detailed engravings depict features of the beetle, a common symbol in ancient Egyptian culture often associated with transformation and protection. The amulet shows two perforations likely used for stringing and wearing as jewelry.
decorative
unknown
excellent
Materials
gold
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116243822 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 16.1.56 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545527 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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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.