Magical Figure
Description
Late Middle Kingdom–Second Intermediate Period, Dynasty 13–SIP, ca. 1802–1550 B.C. Clay (unfired). H. 7.5 cm (3 1/8 in.); W. 4 cm (1 9/16 in.). From: west of tomb of Senwosretankh, surface deposit, Lisht South, Memphite Region, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1932–33. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1933.
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 roughly oval, hand-formed clay plaque/figure fragment with traces of red painted marks and a faint central outline on the face.
The image shows a small, unbaked clay object with a flattened, rounded-oval body and uneven, chipped edges. One side has a faint, shallow circular/oval shape near the upper-middle, resembling a low-relief form but with insufficient clarity to identify as a specific figure or sign. Across the lower half are multiple red paint strokes and partial lines; the characters/signs are fragmentary and do not resolve clearly into specific hieroglyphs from this view. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible. No cartouches or royal names are discernible. The object appears handmade and weathered, with surface cracking and dirt encrustation consistent with an archaeological clay artifact.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116281494 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 33.1.70 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546353 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
About this record's data
- 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.