Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Stamp Seal in Shape of a Cat
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 green amulet depicting a reclining animal figure.
The artifact is a faience amulet showcasing a stylized reclining animal, likely representing a hippopotamus. The composition is simplistic, focusing on the animal's form with minimal detail. The glossy green surface is characteristic of Egyptian faience, a common material used for small objects and amulets in ancient Egypt.
decorative
unknown
good
Materials
faience
Connections
Materials
Faience
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116243484 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 30.8.603 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545720 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.