Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry

Wedjat Eye Amulet

Source of record: Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) — catalogued by the holding institution. View the original record →

Description

Carnelian

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.

Various small artifacts made of different colored materials resembling hieroglyphic signs.

The image depicts an assortment of small Egyptian artifacts made from materials such as blue faience, green stone, and red stone. Each artifact is shaped in forms resembling hieroglyphic signs, likely used in personal or religious symbolism. The objects are laid out on a neutral background, showing their distinct colors and shapes.

hieroglyphic only unknown good
Materials faiencestone
Signs bee scarab null ×7

Connections

Found at Lisht North
Materials FaienceStone

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116280651 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 22.1.128 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 546821 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.