Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Scarab Decorated with a Scroll
Description
Faience
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 bead with a turquoise glaze, tied with a pink string.
The artifact is a well-preserved faience bead, likely used as a decorative or amuletic piece. It features a turquoise glaze typical of New Kingdom Egyptian jewelry. The bead is oblong with a hole for the string and shows signs of aging, such as slight discoloration. It’s tied with a modern pink string, suggesting it may have been re-strung for display or study.
decorative
New Kingdom
good
Materials
faiencestring
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116243448 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 20.1.39 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545742 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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