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

Ba-bird Ptolemaic Period

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Description

Statue, Ba-bird. Ptolemaic Period, 332–30 BC or later. Wood, paint, gold leaf. H. 15.5 cm (6 1/8 in.); W. 5.1 cm (2 in.); L. 9.3 cm (3 11/16 in.). From: Egypt. Subject: Birds. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1944.

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.

Connections

Materials WoodPaintGold Leaf

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116243111 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 44.4.83 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 545942 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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