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

Frog amulet

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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, faience amulet depicting a frog.

The artifact is a faience amulet in the shape of a frog, showcasing the typical glaze and color associated with ancient Egyptian faience work. The frog is rendered in a stylized yet simple manner, which suggests a functional or symbolic purpose. This type of amulet could be associated with fertility and creation, given the frog's symbolic meanings in ancient Egyptian culture.

decorative Middle Kingdom good
Materials faience

Connections

Materials Faience

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116251762 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 10.130.1918 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 544109 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.