Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Wedjat eye amulet
Description
Obsidian
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 black stone amulet in the shape of the hieroglyph for 'heart'.
The artifact is a stone amulet crafted in the shape of the Egyptian hieroglyph representing a heart. It features smooth, curved lines and is small in size, suggesting personal use. The back has a loop for suspension, indicating it was likely worn as a protective charm.
hieroglyphic only
unknown
excellent
Materials
stone
Signs
ib (heart)
Connections
Materials
Stone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116244397 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 04.2.395 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545353 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.