Heart Scarab
Description
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1550–1295 B.C. Dark Green Stone. L. 6.2 cm (2 7/16 in.); W. 4.4 cm (1 3/4 in.); H. 2.4 cm (15/16 in.). From: Egypt. Subject: Hieroglyphs, Scarabs. Credit: Gift of Helen Miller Gould, 1910.
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
Oval dark green stone heart scarab engraved with rows of stylized hieroglyphic text filling the top surface.
The object is shown as a rounded oval with a flat engraved face. Dense, evenly spaced lines of incised hieroglyphs run horizontally across the surface in multiple registers, with a few signs larger or more prominent. No clear cartouche is distinctly legible at this resolution, and no clear deity figure is shown beyond the presence of hieroglyphic formulae typical of amuletic texts. The underside or sides are not visible, and there is no visible Greek/Coptic/Arabic text. The stone surface shows wear consistent with an ancient carved amulet, and small chips/irregularities appear along edges.
Connections
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116425253 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 10.130.1644 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 554267 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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.