Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Scarab Incised with Nefer Sign in Scroll Border
Description
Bright blue 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 with intricate line designs on the surface.
The image depicts a scarab amulet crafted from a blue glazed material, likely faience, featuring intricate linear patterns. The composition includes symmetrical curves leading to the central motif. The detailed linework suggests expertise in ancient craftsmanship, common in Egyptian artifacts.
decorative
Middle Kingdom
good
Materials
faience
Signs
unknown
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116243527 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 20.1.29 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545707 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.
- 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.