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.
  • 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.