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

Amulet of seated goddess / queen with ankh and flail

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Description

Blue 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 blue faience amulet depicting a figure.

The artifact is a blue faience amulet featuring a figure in profile, likely representing an ancient Egyptian deity or individual. The material is glazed, giving it a glossy finish, typical of faience pieces. The figure holds an object, possibly a scepter or another symbolic item. The craftsmanship demonstrates detailed attention to form, showcasing the artistic skill in creating religious or protective amulets.

decorative unknown excellent
Materials faience

Connections

Materials Faience

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116414600 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 41.160.136 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 546148 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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.