Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Ring with a nicolo intaglio of an ibis
Description
gold, nicolo
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 ring featuring an engraved scarab design.
This artifact is a ring with a prominent oval bezel showcasing a blue faience scarab. The ring's shank appears to be made of gold, demonstrating skilled craftsmanship typical of Egyptian jewelry. The scarab design, commonly associated with rebirth and protection, is delicately rendered with detailed carving.
decorative
New Kingdom
excellent
Materials
goldfaience
Signs
scarab
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116389438 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 44.2.4 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546202 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.