Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Cowroid bead
Description
Travertine (Egyptian alabaster), silver
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 scarab amulet, showcasing a traditional design.
This artifact is an Egyptian scarab amulet featuring a typical ovoid shape with a distinct top side. The composition involves dark material, likely representing the outer edges, and a lighter central area. Such scarabs were commonly used as seals or amulets and are emblematic of rebirth in Egyptian culture.
decorative
unknown
good
Materials
stonemetal
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116276580 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 26.7.1125 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 547610 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.
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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.