Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Scarab with the Representation of Fecundity Figures (Hapy)
Description
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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 with inscriptions and figures.
The artifact is an oval-shaped scarab amulet, intricately carved with symmetrical figures and geometric patterns. It features a central image flanked by two standing figures, possibly deities or officials, with decorative scrollwork surrounding them. The craftsmanship suggests attention to detail, typical of protective or symbolic amulets in ancient Egypt.
decorative
Middle Kingdom
good
Materials
faience
Signs
Ankh
Djed
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116414769 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 15.3.62 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546644 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.