Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Pataikos Amulet
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 blue faience figurine depicting a standing figure, possibly a deity or protective spirit.
The artifact is a vibrant blue faience figurine characterized by a small stature and detailed features. The figure stands upright with a bulbous head, large distinct ears, and holds its hands near its abdomen. The craftsmanship includes detailed facial features and stylized limbs, indicative of an artistic style that could represent a divine or magical belief. The blue faience material suggests it may have had a decorative or symbolic function.
decorative
Late Period
fragmentary
Deities
Bes
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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