Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Dog (?) amulet
Description
Ivory
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, ancient Egyptian artifact resembling an animal figure.
The artifact appears to be a miniature representation of an animal, possibly a sheep or similar creature, carved from stone. Its form is simple and lacks detailed features, suggesting it might be a token or amulet. The style is rudimentary, indicating early craftsmanship or perhaps a utilitarian function.
unclear
unknown
good
Materials
limestone
Connections
Materials
Limestone
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.