Ptah Figure
Description
Late Period, ca. 730–332 B.C. Faience. H. 5.1 × W. 2.1 × D. 1.6 cm (2 × 13/16 × 5/8 in.). From: Egypt. Credit: Bequest of Nanette B. Kelekian, 2020.
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A small turquoise-green faience figurine of a standing male figure with a bald head and stylized facial features, shown from the front on a black pedestal.
The image shows a compact, front-facing Egyptian-style figure with a smooth, rounded head and a simple, symmetrical face. The figure stands upright with arms held close to the torso; one hand appears near the chest while the other is lowered or partially obscured by the body’s contours. The body is rendered in a minimal, columnar form typical of small deity or memorial figurines. No clear incised or painted inscriptions are visible on the visible surfaces. The overall coloration and surface texture appear consistent with a glazed faience object, with highlights on the head and torso indicating a ceramic-like, glassy coating.
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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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