Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue

Viscera figure with falcoln head (Qebehsenuef)

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Description

Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21, second half, ca. 1000–945 B.C. Resin. H. 8.8 × W. 2.8 × D. 2.6 cm (3 7/16 × 1 1/8 × 1 in.). From: Tomb MMA 60, Chamber, Burial of Djedmutesankh (Ch5), Deir el-Bahri, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1923–24. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1925.

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.

Four small, dark-colored fragmentary figurine/cylindrical pieces are shown in a studio photograph against a light background, with no clear facial details visible.

The image displays four separate objects arranged left to right on a flat white surface. Each piece is roughly plug- or cone-shaped with one end narrower, and all have weathered or worn surfaces. The leftmost and rightmost pieces appear darker and more uniformly shaped; the second-from-left piece is lighter gray with mottling; and the third piece is dark with a taller, more irregular top. No distinct falcon head features, facial carving, or identifiable iconographic elements are clearly visible at this resolution. No hieroglyphic, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible on the fragments. A small scale/marker is visible near the lower left of the image, and a label reading “THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART” appears on the lower right, but this is museum text rather than an inscription on the object. The catalogue states these are "Viscera figure with falcoln head (Qebehsenuef)" and materials are resin; however, the photo alone does not allow confirmation of resin versus other dark stone/metal or confirmation of the specific falcon-head identification.

unclear Third Intermediate Period (per catalogue; not confirmable from image) fragmentary
Deities unknown (falcon-headed form suggested by catalogue, but not visible/confirmable)
Materials unknown (surface appears dark; catalogue says resin, but not confirmable from image)
Signs unknown carved details (no clear hieroglyphs/inscription visible)

Connections

Found at Deir el-Bahri

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116256440 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 25.3.154d tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 577418 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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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.
  • 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.