Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry

Uninscribed Heart Scarab

Source of record: Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) — catalogued by the holding institution. View the original record →

Description

Glass

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 a speckled, circular pattern.

The image depicts an artifact with an oval shape and a densely speckled pattern consisting of varying circular shapes. The surface appears polished with a glossy finish, suggesting a modern design. The absence of traditional Egyptian motifs or inscriptions implies that it might be a decorative object or modern replica.

modern replica unknown modern_reproduction
Materials modern_material

Connections

Materials Modern_Material
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.