Head from a figure of a child god, perhaps Harpokrates
Description
Head from an amulet of Harpokrates, child god. Late Period (Saite)–Ptolemaic Period, ca. 664–30 B.C. Faience. H. 2.3 × W. 2 × D. 2.2 cm (7/8 × 13/16 × 7/8 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 turquoise-blue faience sculpted head of a young male figure with a wig/curly hair and a prominent facial marking, shown on a modern display base.
The object is a small, frontal view head and neck of a child/juvenile divine figure. The head is made of a light turquoise/blue material, with a molded wig or cap of short, rounded curls around the sides and back. The face has defined eyes and eyebrows, a straight nose, and a small mouth; a faint ceremonial-looking line/mark appears on the forehead. The figure’s head is intact but the rear and lower neck area appear slightly abraded. No separate attributes (e.g., horn-like elements, distinct crowns) are clearly visible at this resolution; the styling resembles a generic divine juvenile portrait. The head is mounted on a modern dark support/stand. No inscriptions are visible on the object or in the image background. No Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is present.
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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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