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Art Institute of Chicago (Egyptian) · scarab

Scarab: Wish Formula

Source of record: Art Institute of Chicago (Egyptian) — catalogued by the holding institution. View the original record →

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 blue-green glazed scarab-like object with hieroglyphic markings across the back.

Two photographs display the same scarab from front/back (or two sides). The surface is blue-green with prominent age-related crazing/crackle, consistent with a glazed ceramic/stone. The left view shows an incised vertical form with a crossbar near the top and a curved outline resembling legs or thorax divisions, while the right view shows a row of darker incisions: a horizontal element with a hook-like form above it and several vertically oriented signs below. The markings appear to be hieroglyphic or symbolic inscription text on the scarab’s back. No cartouches are clearly legible, and no obvious Greek/Coptic/Arabic script is visible.

decorative unknown good
Materials glaze (blue-green)stone/ceramic body (type unclear)
Signs Incised vertical/rectilinear hieroglyphic sign group (exact reading unclear) ×3
Visible text "Unclear incised hieroglyphic signs on the scarab back; exact characters cannot be confidently read from the image quality/angle."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1

English description

"Amun-Re, excellent of counsel"

Cross-references (1)

  • ARTIC-id 134293 tier-2

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  • 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.