Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Figurine of a kneeling god, probably Shu
Description
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.
Turquoise-blue faience amulet depicting a bound captive.
The artifact is a faience amulet that portrays a male captive with arms raised behind his head, suggesting subjugation. The figure wears a kilt, and the turquoise-blue color is typical of faience material. The piece is partially preserved, with some loss at the base. It appears to be of religious or symbolic significance.
decorative
New Kingdom
fragmentary
Materials
faience
Connections
Materials
Faience
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116282215 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 53.122 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546052 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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- 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.