WALTERS-EG
Art Institute of Chicago (Egyptian) · scarab
Scarab: Hieroglyphs (wAs-sign, Dd-sign, anx-sign)
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.
The image shows two views of a small Egyptian scarab-shaped object with an incised oval face covered by hieroglyph-like motifs.
The left view shows the back or underside as a smooth, oval, brownish stone surface. The right view shows the front (scarab face) with a raised oval border and multiple incised signs arranged vertically inside; the specific shapes resemble the set of hieroglyphs cited in the catalogue, but the exact sign readings are not fully clear at this resolution. No royal cartouche text is visible. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is apparent. The object is consistent with a scarab inscription die/amulet type rather than a figure; the only clearly legible elements are the incised hieroglyph-like forms.
hieroglyphic only
unknown (likely Late Period to Ptolemaic scarab style, but not determinable from the image alone)
good
Materials
stone (likely steatite per catalogue)
Signs
wAs-sign (likely)
Dd-sign (likely)
anx-sign (likely)
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
English description
"All dominion, stability, and life"
Cross-references (1)
- ARTIC-id 134280 tier-2
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About this record's data
- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Art Institute of Chicago (Egyptian).
- 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.