Magical Figure
Description
Late Middle Kingdom–Second Intermediate Period, Dynasty 13–SIP, ca. 1802–1550 B.C. Clay (unfired). H. 7 cm (2 3/4 in.); W. 3.2 cm (1 1/4 in.). From: west of tomb of Senwosretankh, surface deposit, Lisht South, Memphite Region, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1932–33. Subject: Faces. 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 small, roughly oval/rectangular terracotta (unfired clay) fragment with a shallow, incised/relief form and traces of red pigment.
The object is photographed against a neutral background. It appears to be a hand-sized piece of unfired clay with a worn surface. One side shows a shallow, incised/relief motif in the upper portion, resembling a simplified figure or symbol with a curved outline and internal lines, but the details are too worn/ambiguous to reliably identify as specific hieroglyphs or a named divine icon. Faint red-orange pigment survives in patches, including near the lower half and along the right side, suggesting that the “magical” decoration may have originally been painted. No clear royal cartouches (enclosing ovals) or readable hieroglyphic lines are visible. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is apparent. Overall condition is fragmentary with edge wear and surface abrasion.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116281553 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 33.1.73 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546356 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.