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Neck from a vessel depicting the goddess Hathor flanked by felines

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Description

New Kingdom, Ramesside, Dynasty 19, Ramesses II or slightly later, ca. 1279–1213 B.C. Silver, gold. H. 8 cm (3 1/8 in.); Diam. 5.4 cm (2 1/8 in.). From: Temple of Bastet, ancient cache, Tell Basta (Bubastis), Eastern Delta, Egypt. Subject: Hathor, Lions. Credit: Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915.

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 gold-toned vessel neck or rim element decorated with a central female deity face and flanking feline figures.

The image shows the upper portion of a cylindrical object with a wide, gold-colored rim and a rectangular band of relief decoration around the top. In the center of the band is a frontal female head with a stylized headdress, presented in profile-less, iconographic form typical of Egyptian goddess imagery. On both sides of the central figure are two feline-like forms standing on either side, facing inward toward the goddess. Three vertical elements hang down from the underside of the neck (possibly attached metal strips or remnants of the vessel’s lower extensions), while the main body below appears grey/metal or coated material rather than clearly silver in the photograph. No clear hieroglyphic text is visible on the photographed surface; only figural decoration is present.

decorative New Kingdom (Ramesside), as catalogued; exact date cannot be verified from the image alone fragmentary
Deities Hathor (depicted, as goddess iconography; identification is based on catalogue title and matching flanked-by-felines motif)
Materials gold-colored metal (rim/band)metallic grey/possibly silver-coated body (not confirmed)

Connections

Found at Tell Basta (Bubastis)
Deities Hathor

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116413649 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 30.8.370 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 544751 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.
  • 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.