Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry

Two-finger amulet

Source of record: Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) — catalogued by the holding institution. View the original record →

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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 object shaped like two fingers.

The artifact is a smooth, black stone sculpture resembling two human fingers. The style is simplistic with minimal detailing, indicating that it may have had a symbolic or functional purpose rather than decorative. Its surface is glossy and appears well-preserved, with faint lines suggesting naturalistic contouring.

unclear unknown excellent
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Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116244342 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 10.130.1811 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 545365 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.