Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Fish dish
Description
Faience
AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06
Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
Depiction of an ancient Egyptian fish-shaped amulet.
The artifact is a fish-shaped amulet made from ivory or bone, characterized by carved scales and a streamlined body. The craftsmanship suggests careful attention to naturalistic detail with an emphasis on texture. Such amulets were often associated with protection and fertility.
decorative
New Kingdom
good
Materials
ivory
Connections
Materials
Ivory
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116414491 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 45.2.1 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545954 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.
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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.