Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Scarab Decorated with Cross-Hatching
Description
Bright blue 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 blue artifact with intricate patterns or inscriptions.
The artifact is a small, oval-shaped piece displaying a vivid blue color, commonly associated with faience. It features intricate patterns that suggest decorative or symbolic use. The surface displays wear and earthy inclusions, possibly indicating age or long-time burial.
decorative
unknown
good
Materials
faience
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116243434 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 20.1.63 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545745 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.