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
Description
Steatite, glazed
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 figure depicting a cow with a calf, likely representing an animal motif.
The artifact is a small, possibly faience figure showing a cow standing protectively over her calf. The style is simple yet expressive, with attention to the nurturing stance of the cow. The piece shows the characteristic wear and patina of ancient artifacts, suggesting it is original rather than a modern reproduction.
decorative
unknown
good
Materials
faience
Connections
Materials
Faience
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)
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.