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

Amulet in the shape of a plaque and with the depiction of a papyrus column

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Description

Green Stone

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 ancient Egyptian faience amulet depicting a standing deity.

The artifact is a faience amulet featuring a stylized standing figure, possibly representing a deity. The amulet is mounted on a modern stand, indicating it may be a museum display piece. The figure is simplistic with minimal detail, showcasing the typical style of faience work, characterized by its blue-green glaze.

religious New Kingdom good
Deities unknown deity
Materials faience

Connections

Materials Faience

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116244334 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 10.130.1821 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 545367 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.