Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Cat amulet
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 seated feline figure.
The artifact is a small, well-preserved amulet crafted from green faience. It represents a seated feline, likely a depiction related to Bastet, a popular Egyptian deity associated with protection and domesticity. The figure features stylized details with a simplified geometric form. The material shows typical ancient Egyptian craftsmanship in faience, with vibrant glazing intact.
decorative
unclear
excellent
Deities
Bastet
Materials
faience
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116249805 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 15.43.26 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544120 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.