Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Ram amulet
Description
Pale 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 recumbent ram.
The artifact is a small blue faience amulet, crafted to represent a recumbent ram. The amulet's style is typical of Egyptian art with detailed facial features and a loop for suspension. The glaze imparts a bright, glossy finish, characteristic of Egyptian faience work, possibly used as a protective or religious symbol.
decorative
unknown
excellent
Materials
faience
Connections
Materials
Faience
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116281788 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 44.4.28 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546235 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.
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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.