Medallion?
Description
Medallion (?), face. Roman Period, 30 B.C.–A.D. 364. Terracotta. H. 6.3 × W. 5.7 × D. 4.8 cm (2 1/2 × 2 1/4 × 1 7/8 in.). From: Oxyrhynchus (Bahnasa), Middle Egypt, Egypt. Excavation: EEF excavations 1896–97. Credit: Gift of Egypt Exploration Fund, 1897.
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, round terracotta object bearing a molded human facial relief (head and facial hair).
The image shows a circular, terracotta medallion-like piece with a raised molded portrait of a bearded man. The head is shown in profile or three-quarter view with prominent hair and a short-to-medium beard; the eyes and brows are carved in shallow relief. Around the top of the face there are curved, hair-like or headdress-like incised lines, but there is no clearly legible inscription. No royal cartouche, deity figure, or symbolic iconography is clearly identifiable from the visible surface. The surface is weathered and discolored with embedded dirt and firing/usage wear, and the object appears fragmentary at the edges. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible.
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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.
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