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Inlay depicting enthroned god

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Description

Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 4th century B.C. Faience. H. 13.7 cm (5 3/8 in.); W. 9.3 cm (3 11/16 in.); D. 2 cm (13/16 in.). Possibly from: Hermopolis (Ashmunein; Khemenu), Middle Egypt. 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 figure shows an enthroned, human-shaped deity with a kneeling/sitting posture and a long garment/seat support decorated with patterning.

The image depicts a single-standing/enthroned deity rendered in light turquoise/green faience. The figure has a human head in profile facing right, with a simplified headdress/head covering. One hand is raised forward with fingers gathered, while the other arm supports or rests near the body. The deity sits on a low rectangular base/seat panel. The seat panel and/or lower garment area is decorated with an inset pattern resembling a blue-green geometric or scale-like design. The overall surface is glazed, with chips and worn edges indicating age or handling. No clearly legible hieroglyphic text, cartouches, or inscriptions are visible in the photograph; decorative motifs are present on the seat panel but do not resolve into specific sign forms at this resolution.

religious Late Period–Ptolemaic Period (consistent with catalogue) good
Deities unknown (enthroned god; not clearly identifiable)
Materials faience (glazed ceramic)

Connections

Found at Hermopolis
Materials Faience

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116252450 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 26.7.998 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 551333 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.
  • Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.