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Handle Depicting a Lion Subduing a Nubian

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Description

Egyptian blue, gold

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 blue faience amulet of a figure with multiple faces and stylistic details.

This artifact is a blue faience amulet depicting a figure with three faces arranged in a circular fashion. The faces show intricate detail, indicative of skilled craftsmanship. The blue glaze is typical of Egyptian faience, a material used for decorative and ceremonial objects.

decorative unknown good
Materials faience

Connections

Found at Qantir (Piramesse)
Materials Faience

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q29385750 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 1989.281.92 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 544066 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.