Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Scarab
Description
Steatite (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 blue glazed faience scarab with hieroglyphic inscription.
The artifact is a scarab amulet made of blue glazed faience. It features a hieroglyphic inscription on its flat base. The scarab is crafted in a traditional amuletic form often used in ancient Egypt for protection and is notably in good condition, with clear details and signs of glazing.
decorative
New Kingdom
good
Materials
faience
Signs
Ankh
Cartouche
Visible text
"Ankh"
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116235274 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 17.190.1994 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 548473 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.