Styles Genres Museums Artists Support

An open visual arts database with 425,000+ artworks, 36,000+ artists, and 800+ styles spanning centuries of human creativity.

Browse

Styles
Genres
Museums
Artists
Favorites

Popular Styles

Impressionism
Romanticism
Surrealism
Pop Art
Cubism
Realism

Museums

Art Institute of Chicago
MoMA
Rijksmuseum
Cleveland Museum of Art
The MET
Louvre

VisualArtsDB is free and open for everyone.

Support the project

© 2026 VisualArtsDB

Scarab: Wish Formula by Ancient Egyptian — VisualArtsDB

Scarab: Wish Formula

Scarab: Wish Formula

Ancient Egyptian

-1550–-1069

Medium: Glazed steatite
Dimensions: 1.3 × 1 × 0.6 cm (1/2 × 3/8 × 1/4 in.)
Genre: scarab
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

Styles

Tags

Hieroglyphsglazeeighteenth dynastyinsectstwentieth dynastyscarabancient artcarvingnineteenth dynastycostumeegyptianancientnew kingdomsteatite

More by Ancient Egyptian

Amulet of the Goddess Hathor (?) with Cow's Head

Amulet of the Goddess Hathor (?) with Cow's Head

Ancient Egyptian, -1069

Fragment of a Head from a Statue of a King

Fragment of a Head from a Statue of a King

Ancient Egyptian, -380

Amulet of the Goddess Hathor

Amulet of the Goddess Hathor

Ancient Egyptian, -1550

Vessel

Vessel

Ancient Egyptian, -2494

Amulet of a Vulture

Amulet of a Vulture

Ancient Egyptian, -780

Scarab: Wish Formula (?)

Scarab: Wish Formula (?)

Ancient Egyptian, -1069

Vase

Vase

Ancient Egyptian, -1550

Scarab: Hieroglyphs

Scarab: Hieroglyphs

Ancient Egyptian, -1650

Ring: Figure of Serpent Uto (?)

Ring: Figure of Serpent Uto (?)

Ancient Egyptian, -1390

Mirror Decoration

Mirror Decoration

Ancient Egyptian, 301

Fragment

Fragment

Ancient Egyptian, 401

Amulet of Djed Column

Amulet of Djed Column

Ancient Egyptian, -664