Large Scarab of Amenhotep III
Description
Caption: Large Scarab of Amenhotep III, ca. 1390–1352 B.C.E.. Steatite, glaze, 11/16 x 2 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. (1.8 x 5.7 x 8.6 cm) Weight: 0.3 lb. (154.65 g). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1185.
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.
Photograph of a small, gold-toned Egyptian scarab-shaped amulet bearing an incised field of hieroglyphs on its back.
The artifact is shown centered against a light background, oriented upright. Its dorsal surface is incised with a dense rectangular arrangement of hieroglyph-like signs bordered by an outer frame, giving the impression of an inscribed back typical of scarab amulets. The surface appears worn/abraded, with some signs partially filled in by polish and damage, making precise reading difficult. No clear divine figure, person, or legible cartouche is visible at this resolution, though the overall design clearly indicates an inscription rather than purely decorative carving. No separate Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 34.1185 tier-2
- BKM-Object 38534 tier-2
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
- 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.