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

Fly amulet

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

Description

Egyptian blue

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 collection of small Egyptian faience amulets.

The image displays a variety of small amulets made of faience, including depictions of deities, animals, and symbolic shapes. Notable features include vibrant colors such as blue, green, and red. The amulets are intricately shaped and polished, representing common symbolic motifs found in ancient Egyptian amulets.

decorative unknown excellent
Materials faience
Signs scarab wedjat eye

Connections

Found at Lisht North
Materials Faience

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116414886 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 22.1.140 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 546830 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.