Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Hathor emblem from a sistrum
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 faience amulet depicting a male figure wearing a headdress.
The artifact is an amulet made of faience, featuring a male figure's upper portion, likely representing a deity or a king. The figure has a serene expression and wears a distinct headdress that signifies royal or divine status. The style is reminiscent of traditional Egyptian artistry, with a focus on symmetry and detail. It is mounted on a wooden stand for display.
decorative
Late Period
fragmentary
Materials
faiencewood
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116408670 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 2021.41.103 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 329881 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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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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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.