Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · papyrus
Scarab Inscribed with Hieroglyphs
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.
A scarab artifact with hieroglyphic inscriptions.
The object is a scarab-shaped amulet with intricate hieroglyphic inscriptions on its surface. The central figure appears to be a seated deity or person, surrounded by various hieroglyphic signs, indicative of its symbolic nature. The style is typical of small personal artifacts prevalent in ancient Egypt, often used as seals or for protection.
hieroglyphic only
Middle Kingdom
good
Materials
faience
Signs
ankh ×2
djed
was
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116243542 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 20.1.26 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545704 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.