Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Heart Scarab of Manuwai
Description
Green stone, gold
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 scarab amulet attached to a necklace.
The image depicts an ancient Egyptian scarab amulet, intricately carved and polished, possibly representing transformation or protection. The amulet is oval-shaped, crafted to resemble a beetle, a common symbol in Egyptian mythology. It is attached to a long, likely leather or cord necklace. The craftsmanship suggests it was an item of personal adornment with possibly significant religious or cultural meaning.
decorative
unknown
excellent
Materials
stoneleather
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116415587 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 26.8.91 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 548643 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.
- 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.