Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Scarab
Description
Steatite, blue glazed
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 oval-shaped Egyptian scarab amulet with hieroglyphic motifs.
The artifact is a faience scarab, characterized by its glazed, blue-green surface. It features a raised depiction of a scarab beetle on the obverse side, surrounded by hieroglyphic symbols that are common in Egyptian amulets. The craftsmanship indicates careful detailing typical of small amuletic objects, suggesting it was both decorative and symbolic.
decorative
Middle Kingdom
good
Materials
faience
Signs
scarab
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116280421 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 26.7.582 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 547011 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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