Statuette of a worn or aged woman, probably a goddess
Description
Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 664–30 B.C. Faience. H. 5.4 × W. 1.9 × D. 3.2 cm (2 1/8 × 3/4 × 1 1/4 in.). From: Egypt. Subject: Goddess. 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.
A small turquoise-green faience statuette depicts a nude, seated or squatting female figure with a human head and a wig-like headdress, shown with hands at the chest and a modest, simplified body.
The image shows a single small Egyptian statuette photographed on a light pedestal against a dark background. The figure is rendered in turquoise-green glaze/faience with a smooth, stylized face, downturned eyes, and a wig or headdress that frames the head. The woman’s upper body appears nude; one hand is held across the chest while the other rests close to the torso. The posture suggests kneeling or sitting with the body weight forward. No clearly legible hieroglyphic text is visible on the front of the figure; a small dark marking is present near the lower area of the image base, but it does not appear to be readable inscription. No royal cartouche(s) or explicit attributes identifying a specific deity are clearly distinguishable from the photograph.
Connections
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116272834 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 26.7.862 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 570349 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
About this record's data
- 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.