Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry

Anubis head amulet

Source of record: Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) — catalogued by the holding institution. View the original record →

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, stone object with a distinct hole near one end.

This artifact appears to be a small, intricately carved stone object, possibly used as an amulet or tool. The stone is smooth, and there is a prominent hole near its narrower end. The shape is somewhat abstract, and the object lacks clear inscriptions or detailing that would indicate specific cultural or functional context.

unclear unknown good
Materials stone

Connections

Deities Anubis
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.
  • 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.