Inlay in the form of the Horus falcon
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
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.
A small faience inlay shaped as a seated Horus falcon, with detailed patterned wings and a painted/colored surface.
The image shows an individual, bird-shaped element standing on small feet, posed in a seated or perched stance. The head is turned slightly to the viewer’s right, with a visible eye and a curved beak. The body surface is decorated with blue-green color bands and scale-like patterning across the wings and back, and additional striped detailing along the lower wing/ventral area. The tail extends leftward with dark striping and a pointed tip. The object appears to have a molded form typical of faience inlays, with decorative inlaid or painted color zones rather than carved inscriptions. No clear hieroglyphic, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible on the depicted face(s).
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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- 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.