Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Scarab Inscribed With a Wedjat Eye and a Nefer Hieroglyph
Description
Blue 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 scarab amulet featuring the Eye of Horus.
The image depicts an ancient Egyptian scarab amulet adorned with the Eye of Horus motif. It is oval in shape and crafted from faience, a common material for amulets. The detailed depiction in relief is highlighted by a glaze which shows signs of age-related wear and preservation cracks.
decorative
New Kingdom
good
Deities
Horus
Materials
faience
Signs
Eye of Horus
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116280430 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 26.7.489 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 547005 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.