Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Figure of a rearing cobra with lion head Late Period – Ptolemaic Period
Description
Figure of a rearing cobra with feline head; 138-glass-case. Late Period – Ptolemaic Period, 664–30 BCE. Leaded bronze. H. 11.8 × W. 3.5 × D. 7.5 cm (4 5/8 × 1 3/8 × 2 15/16 in.). From: Egypt. Credit: Gift of Adina Lei Savin, in honor of Dr. William Benson Harer Jr., 2022.
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.
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Materials
Leaded Bronze
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