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

Design Amulet, Cow Nursing Calf and also a Kneeling Suckling Man Visible on Opposite Side on the Back, Device showing Antithetical Falcons with an Ankh Sign over a Lion First Intermediate Period

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Description

First Intermediate Period, Dynasty 8, ca. 2150–2100 B.C. Steatite, glazed. H. 1.4 × W. 2 × D. 1.4 cm (9/16 × 13/16 × 9/16 in.). From: Egypt. Credit: Gift of Helen Miller Gould, 1910.

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 SteatiteGlazed

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116413571 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 10.130.752 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 544410 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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