Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Scarab of an Official
Description
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.
An ancient Egyptian scarab artifact with hieroglyphic inscriptions.
The object depicted is an ancient Egyptian scarab made of stone, featuring hieroglyphic inscriptions on its engraved surface. It exhibits a worn appearance typical of such artifacts used as personal or administrative seals. The inscription is likely carved in a traditional style, commonly used in scarabs for indicating ownership or for offering protection.
hieroglyphic only
Middle Kingdom
good
Materials
stone
Signs
unknown ×3
Visible text
"unclear"
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116243578 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 20.1.12 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545694 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.