Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Counterweight of a <em>menit</em> necklace with an image of Bastet nursing King Taharqo
Description
Faience
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.
An ancient Egyptian artefact depicting two standing figures and animal symbols in relief.
This artifact features a finely detailed relief with two standing figures, likely deities or royals, adorned with characteristic Egyptian attire and headdress. Below them are symbolic animals such as a hawk and cobra, typical of protective and regal iconography. The style is characteristic of Egyptian reliefs, demonstrating skilled craftsmanship and attention to symbolic detail.
religious
New Kingdom
excellent
Deities
RaHorus
Materials
limestone
Signs
hawk
cobra
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116413714 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 41.160.104 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544882 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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