Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Scarab of Amenemhat III
Description
Bright green glazed steatite
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 scarab amulet featuring hieroglyphic inscriptions.
The artifact is a scarab-shaped amulet made from a material resembling faience or glazed steatite. Its surface is inscribed with hieroglyphs, containing recognizable symbols such as the ankh and potentially the eye of Horus. The craftsmanship suggests it was created for protective or decorative purposes. It's typical of personal items placed in tombs for the deceased.
funerary
New Kingdom
good
Materials
faience
Signs
Ankh
Eye of Horus
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116243590 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 20.1.5 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545688 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.