Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Turtle as a Votive Mehen Game
Description
Serpentinite
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 polished, intricately carved stone object resembling a large, symmetrical talisman.
The artifact is a polished stone object with a symmetrical, circular design that appears to be intricately carved. The surface displays a combination of concentric circles and geometric patterns. The object's craftsmanship suggests a ceremonial or symbolic function, and it may have been used in a ritualistic context. The design is distinctly Egyptian, reflecting artistic styles from the Middle Kingdom with emphasis on smooth contours and precise incisions.
decorative
Middle Kingdom
excellent
Materials
stone
Connections
Materials
Stone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116243280 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 61.33 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545801 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.