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

Amuletic figure

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

Description

Limestone (pink)

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, ancient Egyptian amulet depicting a minimalistic human face.

The artifact is a small amulet made of a polished material resembling stone, carved into a stylized human face with simple features. The design is minimalistic, possibly intended for personal adornment or as a protective charm. The face has prominent eyes and a small mouth, with a hole near the bottom indicating it was likely suspended or attached to something.

decorative unknown good
Materials stone

Connections

Materials Stone

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116279830 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 10.130.1187 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 547207 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
About this record's data
  • 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.