Scarab: Wish Formula

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.

Two views of a small Egyptian scarab-shaped amulet inscribed on the back with worn hieroglyphic decoration resembling a wish/blessing formula.

The image shows the same object photographed from two angles against a light background. On the left view, the scarab form is seen as an oval/rounded back with a slightly raised central ridge and faint incised/relief lines on the dorsal surface; the details are heavily worn and abraded. On the right view, the object shows the underside or a different dorsal section with clearer, though still worn, incised bands and a rectangular layout containing small, rounded/oval motifs and lines that resemble hieroglyphic signs. No clearly readable cartouche or full deity figure is visible due to wear. The decoration appears to be text or a formula consistent with an amuletic scarab inscription, but the exact signs cannot be confidently identified from this image.