Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Macrophallic Figurine
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 figurine depicting a cow being milked by a human figure.
The artifact is a turquoise faience figurine likely representing a scene from daily life in ancient Egypt. It shows a human figure kneeling and milking a cow, which is typical of artistic depictions of agricultural practices. The style is simplistic and lacks intricate details, indicative of common everyday objects. The glaze and form are typical of faience craftsmanship.
agricultural
New Kingdom
good
Materials
faience
Connections
Materials
Faience
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116408771 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 2021.41.121 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 329899 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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