Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Statuette of Wepwawet
Description
Bronze or copper alloy, gold inlay
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 statuette of Anubis in the form of a standing animal on a base.
This artifact is a bronze statuette depicting a standing Anubis animal, known for its canine features. The statuette is detailed with an elegant neck ornament and a poised stance. The style is typical of Egyptian bronze works, with attention to anatomical detail and stylization common in religious iconography. The piece rests on a simple base, possibly for stability or display purposes.
religious
unclear
good
Deities
Anubis
Materials
bronzewood
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116246156 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 1989.281.103 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544913 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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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.