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, abstract figurine with circular indentations.

The object is a small, abstract figurine, roughly cylindrical in shape with a distinct curve. It is covered in a series of small circular indentations, possibly intended as decorative features or symbols. The surface appears weathered, indicating some age. The figurine lacks identifiable features common to typical Egyptian portrayals of deities or humans, suggesting it might be a decorative or symbolic piece.

decorative unknown good
Materials stone

Connections

Found at Lisht North
Materials Stone
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  • 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.
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