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

Design Amulet with Pierced Shank, Device of Squatting Child Facing Right

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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.

A small blue amulet with a carved figure or symbol.

The artifact is a small, circular blue amulet featuring a carved figure or symbol in relief. The design is simplistic, indicative of stylized motifs commonly found in personal or votive objects in ancient Egypt. The blue material suggests the use of faience, a popular medium for jewelry and small personal items.

decorative New Kingdom good
Materials faience

Connections

Materials Faience

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116413568 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 07.228.122 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 544407 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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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.