Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Scaraboid
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 small faience amulet depicting a seated baboon.
The artifact is a small amulet made from faience, representing a baboon in a seated position. The details are stylized, typical of Egyptian amulets which were often crafted for religious or protective purposes. The blue-green glaze is characteristic of faience, a material frequently used in amulet production for its color symbolism associated with life and regeneration.
decorative
New Kingdom
good
Deities
Thoth
Materials
faience
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116243521 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 20.1.32 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545710 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).
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