Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Part of 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 turquoise blue artifact depicting the face of a deity with elaborate headdress.
The image shows a faience amulet portraying the face of a deity, likely representing Hathor, given the presence of cow horns and a sun disk in the headdress. It features fine detailing in the hair and facial features, indicating an emphasis on craftsmanship typical of Egyptian religious artifacts. The amulet is mounted on a black stand, highlighting its preservation state.
religious
New Kingdom
good
Deities
Hathor
Materials
faience
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116389582 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 2021.41.104 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 329882 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.