Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Mosquito Deity amulet
Description
Green-and-White banded jasper
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.
Amulet depicting the ancient Egyptian god Min.
The artifact is a small amulet made of faience, depicting the god Min. It showcases a simplistic representation with green and white coloration. The amulet is mounted on a modern base, highlighting its artistic style typical of personal protective items in ancient Egypt. Notable features include Min's recognizable plumed crown and the limited but effective use of color.
religious
New Kingdom
excellent
Deities
Min
Materials
faience
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116244949 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 55.172 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545200 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.