Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Cult Image of the God Ptah
Description
Statuette, Ptah. Third Intermediate Period–Late Period, Dynasty 22–early Dynasty 26, ca. 945–600 BCE. Lapis lazuli. Figure: H. 5.2 × W. 1.8 cm × D. 1.1 cm (2 1/16 × 11/16 × 7/16 in.); Dais: H. 0.4 × W. 1.0 cm × D. 1.6 cm (3/16 × 3/8 × 5/8 in). From: Egypt. Credit: Anne and John V. Hansen Egyptian Purchase Fund, 2007.
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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