Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Female Monkey Holding Its Baby
Description
Amethyst
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, carved figure of a baboon sitting on its haunches.
The artifact is a finely carved figure of a baboon, which was often associated with Thoth, the god of wisdom and writing. The figure appears to be made of a purple stone, possibly amethyst. The carving is detailed, capturing the baboon's facial features and posture, with it sitting upright.
decorative
unknown
excellent
Materials
amethyst
Connections
Materials
Amethyst
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116275130 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 1989.281.90 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 548504 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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