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

Magical Figure

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Description

Clay (unfired)

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 fragmentary sculpture of a seated figure.

The artifact is a fragmentary sculpture, possibly depicting a seated figure. The piece is heavily damaged and appears to be made from a rough material, likely limestone or a similar stone. There are traces of red pigment visible, suggesting it may have been painted. The condition is poor, with significant erosion and missing details.

unclear unknown poor
Materials limestone

Connections

Found at Lisht North
Materials Limestone

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116281251 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 33.1.133 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 546415 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.
  • 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.