Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Cosmetic spoon
Description
Bone
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 amulet representing a figure with a large headdress.
The artifact is a small amulet crafted from a beige material, possibly faience or a light stone, depicting a figure with a prominent headdress. The figure is in a seated position with legs drawn up, holding the large headdress which extends vertically. The craftsmanship shows detailed work typical of amulet production.
decorative
unknown
good
Materials
faiencelimestone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116282230 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 51.172.2 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546047 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.