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

Ring with intaglio of Harpokrates

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

Description

gold

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 metal artifact depicting a seated baboon relief.

The artifact is a metal object featuring a detailed relief of a seated baboon. The baboon is depicted with its arm raised, showcasing careful craftsmanship in the depiction of its form. The style indicates an emphasis on animal depiction, which is common in Egyptian artifacts.

decorative unknown good
Materials metal
Signs seated baboon

Connections

Materials Metal

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116389457 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 40.9.13 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 546084 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.