Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · papyrus
Papyrus column amulet
Description
Faience
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.
An amulet in the shape of a papyrus column.
The image depicts a small amulet designed in the form of a papyrus column, a common symbol in ancient Egyptian culture representing rebirth and regeneration. The amulet is crafted with detailed linear patterns and ridges along its length and top. The color suggests it is made of faience, a glazed non-clay ceramic material popular in Egyptian artifacts.
decorative
New Kingdom
excellent
Materials
faience
Connections
Materials
Faience
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116413922 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 10.130.1818 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545366 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.