Scarab
Description
Second Intermediate Period–Early New Kingdom, Dynasty 17–Early Dynasty 18, ca. 1635–1458 B.C. Faience. L. 1.1 cm (7/16 in); w. 0.7 cm (1/4 in). From: Courtyard CC 41, Pit 3, Burial E 6, On body, Asasif, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1915–16. Subject: Scarabs. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1916.
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
The image shows a turquoise-green glazed amulet shaped like an oval scarab, with a raised, geometric scarab-like pattern and a spiral/wing-like motif on the face.
A single, photo-isolated object is centered against a white background. The artifact appears as a small oval/“scarab” form in dark turquoise-green faience glaze. The face is decorated with raised incised/relief lines forming a central curled element (spiral-like) and angular, webbed or wing-like sections radiating outward. There are no clearly legible hieroglyphs or cartouches visible in this view; the markings resemble typical scarab ornamentation rather than readable text. No deities are depicted in a clearly identifiable way. No modern inscriptions or Greek/Coptic/Arabic text are visible. Some surface wear/chipping is visible along edges, with darker brownish spots where glaze is worn.
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)
About this record's data
- 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.
- Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.