Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Scarab
Description
Faience
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 faience scarab with a spiral and curved line design.
This artifact is a small faience scarab featuring a design that includes a central spiral motif with additional curved lines. The craftsmanship showcases typical faience glazing, giving it a turquoise hue with varying shades and a glossy finish. The surface shows some wear and minor damage typical of ancient artifacts. The design may not be purely decorative, as it could represent hieroglyphic symbols or abstract motifs.
decorative
New Kingdom
good
Materials
faience
Signs
spiral motif
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116280090 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 16.10.479 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 547049 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.