Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Plaque Bead with the Name of Amenhotep I, Head of Hathor on the Reverse
Description
Faience, paint
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 faience amulet depicting the Egyptian goddess Hathor.
The object is a faience amulet featuring the face of Hathor with characteristic cow ears and spiral motifs. The bright turquoise color is typical of faience materials. The composition is simple, with emphasis on Hathor's facial features, which are framed by decorative elements.
religious
New Kingdom
excellent
Deities
Hathor
Materials
faience
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116243795 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 05.3.476 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545536 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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