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.
A scarab amulet with hieroglyphic inscriptions.
The artifact is a small faience scarab amulet, commonly used in ancient Egypt. It features detailed hieroglyphic carvings on its base, likely representing a name or a protective phrase. The craftsmanship displays typical symmetry and precision, characteristic of personal seals used in the Middle and New Kingdoms.
hieroglyphic only
Middle Kingdom
good
Materials
faience
Signs
ankh
nfr
scarab beetle
Visible text
"unclear"
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116389388 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 26.7.306 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 547013 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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