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 seal with engraved inscriptions.
The artifact is an oval-shaped scarab seal with intricate carvings of hieroglyphs on its surface. The style reflects typical Egyptian craftsmanship used in signet seals, featuring symbols that were often utilized for administrative or protective purposes. The composition includes a prominent ankh symbol, among other hieroglyphs, suggesting the importance of life or protection symbolism.
hieroglyphic only
New Kingdom
good
Materials
steatite
Signs
ankh
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116243577 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 20.1.13 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545695 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.