Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Falcon Figurine
Description
Quartzite
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, carved figure of a bird, possibly a hawk or similar species.
The object is a small, stylized carving of a bird, likely representing a bird of prey such as a hawk or falcon, made from a white stone material. The simplicity of the design suggests an ancient artistic style, with minimal detailing focused on the general shape and posture of the bird.
decorative
unknown
excellent
Materials
stone
Connections
Materials
Stone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116246183 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 1988.101 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544902 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.