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
Menat, Taharqo nursed by the lion-headed goddess Bastet. Third Intermediate Period, Kushite Period, Dynasty 25, reign of Taharqo, ca. 690–664 BCE. Faience. H. 9.6 × W. 4.3 × Th. 0.9 cm (3 3/4 × 1 11/16 × 3/8 in.). Possibly from: Nubia. Subject: Birds, Kings, Sekhmet, Snakes. Credit: Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941.
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.
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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