Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Ptah
Description
Cupreous metal, precious metal inlay
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 bronze-colored figurine depicting an ancient Egyptian deity standing upright.
The artifact is a small statuette of an ancient Egyptian deity, likely a mummiform figure representing Osiris. It features a long beard and a crown, typical of such depictions. The statuette is made of bronze, with some gold detailing seen on the shoulders, indicating its significance or ritual use. The craftsmanship is indicative of standardized proportions used in ancient Egyptian art to emphasize divine attributes.
religious
Late Period
good
Deities
Osiris
Materials
bronzegold
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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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