Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Weight of 3 Deben in the Shape of a Gazelle
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 statue of a reclining antelope.
The artifact is a bronze statuette depicting an antelope in a resting position. Notable features include detailed horns and a smooth, stylized body typical of Egyptian art. The craftsmanship suggests ceremonial or decorative use.
decorative
unknown
excellent
Materials
bronze
Connections
Materials
Bronze
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116251884 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 68.139.1 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544069 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.
- 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.