Scarab
Description
Steatite (glazed)
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.
An oval scarab seal made of glazed steatite, showing a raised winged scarab motif on the back with surrounding hieroglyph-like forms.
The object is photographed front-on: an oval, flat-backed scarab shape with a thick rounded rim. The central design is a raised scarab/bird-like form with wings spread, enclosed by a framework of incised or molded hieroglyphic elements. The surface appears dark green to bluish-green with a glossy glaze typical of steatite scarabs. No cartouches or clearly legible royal names are distinguishable in the available image resolution. There is no visible Greek, Coptic, or Arabic script, and no clearly readable inscription text is present beyond the decorative hieroglyph-like forms.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116235289 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 10.130.87 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 548469 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.