Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Scarab
Description
Red jasper
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.
An ancient Egyptian artifact resembling a carved stone bead.
The artifact appears to be a small, intricately carved stone that might have functioned as an amulet or part of jewelry. The surface shows signs of wear, and the shape is irregular, typical of personal adornments from ancient Egypt. The craftsmanship suggests careful attention to detail, common in items intended for everyday or ritual use.
decorative
unknown
good
Materials
stone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116243419 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 20.1.147 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545748 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.