Child god with hemhem crown
Description
Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 664–30 B.C. Cupreous metal. H. 9.6 cm (3 3/4 in.); W. 3.9 cm (1 9/16 in.); D. 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in.). From: Egypt. Credit: Gift of Darius Ogden Mills, 1904.
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 standing child-god figure is depicted in dark green/black patinated metal, wearing a distinctive multi-plumed crown and holding an arm bent toward the chest.
The image shows a full-length, front-facing figurine of a youthful male deity. The figure stands on a rectangular base and raises one hand in a gesture consistent with holding a small object (the object itself is unclear due to surface wear). The head is surmounted by a crown with multiple projecting elements resembling a hemhem-style crown or similar elaborate headgear. The body is slender with modeled limbs; both arms are bent, with the right hand held near the face/chest and the left arm hanging lower. The surface is heavily patinated and pitted, suggesting corrosion of a copper alloy. No legible inscriptions or surrounding hieroglyphic text are visible in the photograph, and there are no cartouches evident. The background is a neutral museum display setting; no additional text is shown.
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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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