Viscera figure with human head (Imseti)
Description
Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21, second half, ca. 1000–945 B.C. Wax (?). H. 4.9 × W. 1.6 × D. 1.1 cm (1 15/16 × 5/8 × 7/16 in.). From: Tomb MMA 60, Pit, Burial of Tiye (P3), Deir el-Bahri, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1923–24. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1925.
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
Small dark brown mummiform/figurative object with a human-like head and a narrow torso/body; details are heavily worn.
The image shows a small, dark, brownish object against a light gray background. The top forms a rounded, human-like head with a sculpted face or hair mass, while the body tapers downward and ends in a broken or worn lower tip. There are no clearly readable hieroglyphs, cartouches, or inscriptions visible on the photographed surface. No distinct modern labels or Greek/Coptic/Arabic text are apparent. The surface appears irregular and compacted, consistent with degraded organic material (museum catalogue suggests wax); however, the exact material cannot be confirmed visually beyond the object’s dark, encrusted appearance.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116415410 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 25.3.158a tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 548247 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.