Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Scarab with Coil and Scrolls Design
Description
Blue glazed steatite
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 artifact with swirling linear patterns, likely decorative.
The artifact features intricate swirling linear patterns, typical of decorative designs. The coloration suggests usage of faience, a common material in Egyptian artifacts, known for its vibrant colors. The design lacks any identifiable figures or inscriptions, emphasizing its ornamental purpose possibly in a jewelry setting or as an amulet.
decorative
unknown
good
Materials
faience
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116281192 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 32.1.216 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546492 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.