Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
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Description
Mottled semi-translucent quartz
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, intricately carved faience figure depicting an animal.
The artifact is a delicately crafted faience figure of a seated animal, likely a goat or ram, characterized by its prominent curved horns. The craftsmanship reflects attention to detail in the depiction of its features. The material exhibits a glossy finish typical of glazed faience work, with colors ranging from earthy tones to slight greenish hues.
decorative
New Kingdom
excellent
Materials
faience
Connections
Materials
Faience
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116251881 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 1980.2 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544072 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.