Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Duck's head with tenon attachment
Description
Bronze or copper alloy
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 bronze artifact resembling the head of a crocodile mounted on a stand.
This artifact is a sculptural representation of a crocodile's head, crafted from bronze. It features detailed anatomical elements such as the eyes and snout. The object is mounted on a simple wooden base, allowing it to be displayed upright. The corrosion of the bronze suggests it is an ancient piece, while the craftsmanship highlights the importance of the crocodile in ancient Egyptian culture, possibly linked to the deity Sobek.
decorative
unknown
good
Deities
Sobek
Materials
bronzewood
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116245815 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 1991.442 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545026 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.