Cobra head
Description
Furniture ornament, Cobra head. New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III, ca. 1390–1352 B.C. Faience. L. 5.3 cm (2 1/16 in.). From: Tomb of Amenhotep III (WV 22), West Valley of the Kings, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: Carnarvon/Carter excavations, 1915. Credit: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926.
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
The image shows two small blue faience objects shaped like cobra heads, one larger and one smaller, with simplified facial features and an open circular eye detail.
On a light gray background, there are two separate blue objects. The larger piece is an elongated, teardrop-like cobra head with the mouth area indicated by a shallow line and a circular/oval inset around the eye region; the surface shows uneven dark and light blue/greenish glaze typical of faience. The smaller piece is a similar but more compact cobra head form, with a clearly indicated eye/nostril area and the mouth suggested by a slight indentation. No clear carved hieroglyphs, cartouches, or written text are visible on either object. No identifiable deity iconography beyond the cobra head form can be confirmed from the image alone.
Connections
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116249750 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 26.7.1122 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544122 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.
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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.