Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Lion 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, possibly amuletic object resembling an ancient Egyptian double feather crown.
The object depicted is a small, likely stone or faience artifact shaped similarly to a double feather crown often associated with ancient Egyptian iconography. The simple and abstract design suggests it may have served as an amulet or representation associated with divine or royal symbolism. The surface appears smooth, indicating it might have been polished.
decorative
unknown
good
Materials
stone
Connections
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.
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