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 hieroglyphic sign depicted on a dark background.
The image shows a single hieroglyphic sign resembling a stylized leg and foot. It is carved from a light-colored material resembling limestone, set against a plain dark background. The composition focuses solely on this individual sign, with detailed carving visible on the surface.
hieroglyphic only
unknown
good
Materials
limestone
Signs
Leg
Connections
Materials
Limestone
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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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