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Inlay of the squatting god Anhur (Onuris)

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Description

Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 4th century B.C. Faience. H. 8.8 cm (3 7/16 in.); W. 3.7 cm (1 7/16 in.); D. 1.5 cm (9/16 in.). Possibly from: Hermopolis (Ashmunein; Khemenu), Middle Egypt. Credit: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926.

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.

Small Egyptian inlay depicting a squatting falcon-headed god with a raised hand holding a small offering object, shown in profile.

The image shows a small carved/faience inlay with a human-like body posed in a squatting position. The figure is shown in right profile with a stylized head wearing a broad, striated crown/diadem. The face has incised features and a pointed beard or chin ornament. One arm is raised with the hand extended forward, holding a small, indistinct object; the other arm rests lower against the body. Behind and around the head there may be a suggestion of wings or feathering consistent with a falcon-related iconography, though details are not fully clear from the image. The surface appears glazed with a muted greenish/yellow-green hue typical of faience; fine line work outlines the face, crown, and body contours. No legible hieroglyphic inscriptions or Greek/Coptic/Arabic text are visible on the object in this view.

religious Late Period–Ptolemaic Period (consistent with catalogue; exact dating unclear from image alone) good
Deities Anhur (Onuris) (catalogue identification; iconography consistent but not confirmable from text)
Materials faience (glazed ceramic, visible color and surface sheen)

Connections

Found at Hermopolis

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116249853 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 26.7.1002 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 551808 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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  • 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.