Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · architecture
Inlay in the form of the Horus falcon Late Period–Ptolemaic PeriodHermopolis (el-Ashmunein; Khemenu)
Description
Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 4th century B.C. Faience. H. 15.8 cm (6 1/4 in.); W. 1 cm (3/8 in.); L. 16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.). Possibly from: Hermopolis (el-Ashmunein; Khemenu), Middle Egypt. Subject: Falcons, Horus. Credit: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926.
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116252500 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 26.7.994 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 551330 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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