Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Cat 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.
Small figurine of a seated animal with a horn and large ears.
The artifact is a small statuette depicting a seated animal, possibly a mythical creature, with a short horn on its head and prominent ears. The figure has a smooth greenish surface, likely made of glazed faience. It is perched on a small rectangular base which indicates it might have been used for decorative purposes or as a votive offering.
decorative
unclear
good
Materials
faience
Connections
Materials
Faience
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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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