Falcon Amulet
Description
Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, ca. 664–30 B.C. Granodiorite. L. 2.7 × W. 1.4 × H. 3 cm (1 1/16 × 9/16 × 1 3/16 in.). From: Egypt. Subject: Falcons. Credit: Bequest of Nanette B. Kelekian, 2020.
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A small stone amulet shaped like a falcon, shown upright in a studio photograph.
The object is a compact, roughly rectangular/rounded standing piece of dark stone with lighter speckling and worn edges. The top is narrower and the front face suggests a bird head profile, consistent with a falcon amulet silhouette (head and beak indicated by a slight protrusion), while the lower part tapers slightly toward the base. No clear carved hieroglyphs or cartouches are visible on the front or sides at this resolution, and there are no identifiable inscriptions in Greek, Coptic, or Arabic. The surface appears weathered/patinated with chips and loss, making finer details (feather lines, eye, or crown) indistinct. The material color and mottling are compatible with a dark igneous stone such as granodiorite, though the exact stone type cannot be confirmed from the image alone.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116408139 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 2021.41.13 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 329778 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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