Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Amulet Possibly Depicting a Tree Frog
Description
Faience
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 frog-shaped amulet made of green faience.
The artifact is a carved amulet in the shape of a frog, likely symbolizing fertility or rebirth. It is made from faience, a material known for its vibrant glaze. The frog is depicted in a simplified form, with minimal detailing, and includes a hole for suspension, indicating it was worn as an amulet.
decorative
New Kingdom
good
Materials
faience
Connections
Materials
Faience
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116251769 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 26.7.1028 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544107 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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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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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.