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

Magical Figure

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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 clay object with indeterminate features and reddish markings.

The artifact appears to be made of clay, showing a rough texture with faded reddish pigments, possibly indicating an attempt at decoration. The shape is irregular, and any inscriptions or carvings it might have had are indistinct due to erosion. It may have been part of a larger object or used for a utilitarian purpose.

unclear unknown fragmentary
Materials clay

Connections

Found at Lisht North
Materials Clay

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116281547 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 33.1.75 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 546358 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.