Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Falcon statue serving as a sarcophagus for a sacred animal
Description
Cupreous metal, animal remains
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 bronze statue depicting a falcon.
This artifact is a bronze sculpture of a falcon, showcasing detailed craftsmanship with finely engraved feathers and a smooth finish. The falcon is in a seated position and represents a common motif in Egyptian art symbolizing royalty and the god Horus. The surface displays a rich patina from age.
decorative
Ptolemaic
good
Deities
Horus
Materials
bronze
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116275095 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 25.2.11 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 548516 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.