Art Institute of Chicago (Egyptian) · amulet

Amulet of the God Thoth Holding an Offering Table (?)

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.

A small greenish faience amulet figure in the form of a seated/standing deity-like form with a protruding head and open mouth.

The object is a small, vertically oriented molded faience amulet with a human/animal-like head shape. The figure has a large, dark hollow opening at the mouth/face area and a prominent facial contour. The body appears simplified and block-like, with a visible raised band or section across the torso and a recessed perforation/void on the front lower area. No clear offering table or specific hand-held attribute is discernible from this single view. No hieroglyphic text or cartouche is visible, and there are no clearly legible Greek/Coptic/Arabic inscriptions. The surface shows turquoise-green glaze with areas of wear and speckling; the back is not clearly shown for additional iconographic details.

religious unknown (likely ancient Egyptian, but insufficient evidence to narrow date) good
Deities Thoth (implied by catalogue title; exact iconography unclear in image)
Materials faience (glazed ceramic)turquoise-green glaze

Connections

Deities Thoth

Cross-references (1)

  • ARTIC-id 134574 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.
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  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.