Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Scarab Incised with Hieroglyphs in Scroll Border
Description
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.
An ancient Egyptian scarab amulet featuring intricate carvings.
The artifact is a faience scarab with etched patterns and symbols. The carving features symmetrical ornamental motifs and a central ankh symbol. The craftsmanship suggests it was intended as both an amulet and a decorative piece. The style is consistent with jewelry from the Middle to New Kingdom periods.
decorative
Middle Kingdom
good
Materials
faience
Signs
ankh
Visible text
"There are decorative lines and an ankh symbol, but no readable text."
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116235375 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 20.1.24 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545702 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.