Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Anubis 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 sculpted figure of a seated animal, resembling a canine.
The artifact is a small, likely faience or stone, sculpted representation of a seated animal, resembling a dog or jackal. The figure exhibits a minimalist style common in smaller votive or decorative pieces. The body features smooth contours with a simple depiction lacking detailed fur or anatomical features. A noticeable hole or indentation is visible, possibly for attachment or alignment purposes.
decorative
unknown
good
Materials
stone
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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.
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