Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Falcon pectoral
Description
Tin and lead alloy, resin, linen
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 hawk-shaped artifact with detailed feather engravings.
The artifact is a depiction of a hawk, crafted with intricate engravings to represent plumage and other features of the bird. It is likely used in a religious or symbolic context, possibly representing the god Horus, given the careful attention to detail. The style suggests an emphasis on naturalistic representation typical of certain periods of Egyptian art.
decorative
unknown
good
Deities
Horus
Materials
metal
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116414146 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 20.2.27 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545768 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.
- 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.