Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Viscera Figure of Imseti
Description
Wax
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, ancient Egyptian figurine resembling a mummified figure.
The artifact is a small, carved figure that appears to represent a mummified individual. The figure's features are stylized, with a focus on the facial details and the crossed arms. It seems to be made from a stone-like material and likely served a religious or funerary purpose.
funerary
unknown
good
Materials
limestone
Connections
Materials
Limestone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116413673 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 06.1189b tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544799 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.