Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Inlay of a seated lion-headed goddess
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.
A small ancient Egyptian figurine in a kneeling position.
The artifact is a faience figurine depicting a figure in a traditional kneeling posture. The figure wears a headdress that resembles the sun disk, suggesting an association with a solar deity. The piece is crafted in a typical amulet style with vibrant green and yellow hues, common in the representation of divine figures.
religious
New Kingdom
good
Materials
faience
Connections
Materials
Faience
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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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