Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · architecture

Gateway to a shrine, preceded by two baboons Ptolemaic Period

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Description

Shrine, model. Ptolemaic Period, 332–30 B.C. Faience. H. 9 × W. 6 × D. 7 cm (3 9/16 × 2 3/8 × 2 3/4 in.). Probably from: Egypt. Subject: Doorways, Baboons. Credit: Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915.

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.

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Materials FaienceGlaze
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