Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Winged scarab Ptolemaic Period
Description
Amulet, winged scarab. Ptolemaic Period, 332–30 B.C. Faience. Scarab: L. 3.5 × W. 2.6 × H. 1.4 cm (1 3/8 × 1 × 9/16 in.); Wings: L. 4.9 × W. 2.6 × Th. 0.6 cm (1 15/16 × 1 × 1/4 in.). From: Egypt. Credit: Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915.
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A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.
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