Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
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Description
Faience
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 small faience amulet in the shape of a human face or mask.
The artifact is a small, blue-green faience amulet depicting a stylized human face or mask. It exhibits typical features of Egyptian faience with a glossy finish and is likely intended for personal adornment or religious purposes. The amulet's design is simplistic with a focus on the facial features, and it might have been worn as a protective charm.
decorative
unknown
good
Materials
faience
Connections
Materials
Faience
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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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