Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Hedgehog Late Period–Ptolemaic Period?
Description
Figurine, hedgehog. Late Period–Ptolemaic Period?, 664–30 B.C., probably. Cupreous metal. h. 1.9 cm (3/4 in.) × l. 3.2 cm (1 1/4 in.) weight 41.9 grams (1.478 oz.). From: Egypt. Subject: Animals. Credit: Gift of Helen Miller Gould, 1910.
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.
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Materials
Cupreous Metal
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116272943 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 10.130.1336 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 570258 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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