Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Seal amulet in the shape of hedgehog
Description
Glazed steatite
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 small, ancient Egyptian artifact in the shape of a hedgehog.
The artifact is a three-dimensional representation of a hedgehog, intricately carved with a focus on texture, indicated by the grid-like pattern on its back. It exhibits the characteristic style of Egyptian sculpture, with an emphasis on naturalism and detail. The base shows what appears to be circular engraving, possibly indicating its use as a seal or amulet.
decorative
Middle Kingdom
good
Materials
faience
Connections
Materials
Faience
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116251853 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 10.130.871 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544084 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.