Viscera figure with falcon head (Qebehsenuef)
Description
Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21, second half, ca. 1000–945 B.C. Wax (?). H. 4.1 × W. 1.5 × D. 0.9 cm (1 5/8 × 9/16 × 3/8 in.). From: Tomb MMA 60, Pit, Burial of Tiye (P3), 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.
Small dark fragmentary Egyptian figure-like object with a rounded head form and a tapering body; details are worn and indistinct.
The image shows a small, weathered object photographed against a light background. The form is roughly figurative: a rounded/helmet-like head sits atop a narrow, tapering body. A possible projecting element on the left side near the head could suggest a facial beak or ear-like extension, but the surface is too eroded to confirm a falcon head. No clear arms/legs, inscriptions, or labeled iconographic elements are visible. The object appears heavily abraded with a matte, dark brown to black surface; flaking and loss of fine detail prevent confident material identification beyond noting a hard, stone-like or mineralized surface.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116443514 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 25.3.158d tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 577430 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.