Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Design Amulet with Loop on Back, Device with Dancing God, Hathor Symbol and Lion
Description
Bone
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.
An oval artifact with geometric carvings that resemble ancient symbols.
The artifact appears to be a carved oval object with intricate designs that could represent stylized or symbolic figures. The carvings are executed with precision, possibly indicating a symbolic or communicative purpose. The material seems to be some type of bone or ivory, given its coloration and texture.
unclear
unknown
good
Materials
ivory
Signs
bee or beetle-like shape ×2
bird-like figure
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116413564 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 07.228.121 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544404 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.