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

Animal figure

Source of record: Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) — catalogued by the holding institution. View the original record →

Description

Mud, 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.

A small, possibly decorative Egyptian artifact with a textured surface.

The object appears to be a small artifact with a roughly rectangular shape and a textured surface, possibly indicating coral or a similar natural material. The item seems to be a sculpture or decorative piece, showing natural pitting and wear. The label in red might indicate cataloging, suggesting it is part of a collection or study.

decorative unknown good
Materials unclear

Connections

Found at Lisht North
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.