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

Cobra head

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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.

Two blue-colored falcon head amulets depicted.

The image shows two falcon head amulets made from blue faience or a similar material. The amulets are stylized with smooth surfaces and a distinct representation of the beak and eyes, typical of Egyptian artistic motifs used to signify protection and divine presence associated with the god Horus.

decorative New Kingdom good
Deities Horus
Materials faience

Connections

Deities Horus
Materials Faience

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)
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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.
  • 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.