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Figurine of a jerboa

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Description

Figurine, jerboa. Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 13, ca. 1802–1640 B.C. Faience, painted white. h. 3.6 cm (1 3/8 in). From: cemetery south of pyramid below House A1:1, Pit 907, Lisht North, Memphite Region, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1920–21. Subject: Animals. Credit: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922.

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

Small white-painted faience animal figurine, shown from a three-quarter view, with brown/black speckling and a curled tail.

The object is a compact, hand-sized figurine shaped like a small animal with a rounded body, short legs, and a curled tail visible at the upper left. The surface is predominantly white with areas of brown/black mottling or applied markings, including several elongated dark dashes on the body. The tail and head are rounded and simplified, with the head facing upward/forward; no clear facial features or separate ears are distinguishable at this resolution. A red/orange painted inventory/marking appears along the lower front base. No clear hieroglyphic inscription, cartouche, or other textual elements are visible on the figurine itself.

decorative Middle Kingdom (per catalogue ground truth) good
Materials faiencepainted whitedark painted/brown-black decoration
Signs inventory/collection number marking
Visible text "Red/orange painted marking near base (exact characters unreadable from image)."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Red/orange painted marking near base (exact characters unreadable from image).

Connections

Found at Lisht
Materials FaiencePainted White

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116245704 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 22.1.214 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 545043 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.