Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Magical Figure
Description
Clay (unfired)
AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06
Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A rectangular mudbrick with a mold-impressed lion head.
The artifact is a rectangular-shaped mudbrick with a detailed lion head impressed on its surface. The style suggests functional use with artistic elements. The lion head is centrally positioned, providing a symmetrical and imposing presence. There are remnants of red pigment, indicating potential decorative or symbolic purposes.
decorative
New Kingdom
good
Materials
mudbrick
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116281498 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 33.1.69 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546352 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.