Anubis Fetish (Imiut)
Description
Travertine (Egyptian alabaster), cedar, ointment
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 wrapped ancient Egyptian corn mummy placed in a small terracotta pot.
The image depicts an ancient Egyptian corn mummy, an object used in funerary practices. It consists of a tall, slender bundle wrapped in linen, representing the god of fertility and regeneration. The object stands upright in a small, plain terracotta pot. The texture of the linen wrappings is visible, and they are tightly bound around the elongated form. The pot is simple in design, made from unglazed, reddish-brown clay. This type of artifact is associated with the burial rituals and represents the cycles of life and renewal.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116243749 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 14.3.19–.20 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545547 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.