Cat
Description
Figurine, cat; 138-glass-case. Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 664–30 B.C. Cupreous metal. L. 9.8 × W. 6 × H. 15.3 cm (3 7/8 × 2 3/8 × 6 in.). From: Egypt. Subject: Cats. 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 bronze/copper-alloy statuette of an Egyptian-style cat, seated upright with its head raised and tail along the side.
The image shows a single animal figure rendered as a stylized Egyptian cat. The cat is positioned seated on a rectangular light-colored base, with the front legs straight and body upright. The head has pointed ears and a short muzzle; the face is simplified with dark inlays suggesting painted/engraved features. The eyes appear as pale/whitish patches with darker contours. The body surface is greenish with heavy oxidation/patina and reddish-brown staining in places. No clear hieroglyphs, cartouches, or inscriptions are visible on the figure or base. No other objects, figures, or textual elements appear in the frame. The overall appearance suggests a metal statuette consistent with a late Egyptian/Ptolemaic small art object, though precise dating from the image alone is limited.
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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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