Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Harpokrates amulet
Description
Faience, blue
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 faience figure depicting the Egyptian god Ptah-Pataikos.
The figure is a small, detailed faience representation of Ptah-Pataikos, an ancient Egyptian deity. The figure features characteristic dwarf-like proportions and a serene expression, typical of depictions of Ptah-Pataikos. The craftsmanship includes fine etching and glaze work, indicating careful attention to detail common in Egyptian religious art.
religious
New Kingdom
excellent
Deities
Ptah-Pataikos
Materials
faience
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116389531 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 04.2.371 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545346 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
About this record's data
- 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.