Funerary amulet depicting one of the Four Sons of Horus, Hapy
Description
Ptolemaic Period, 332–30 B.C. Glass. H. 6.4 × W. 2.3 × D. 0.7 cm (2 1/2 × 7/8 × 1/4 in.). From: Egypt. Credit: Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915.
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.
Small turquoise/green glazed glass amulet in the form of a mummiform deity figure standing upright on a rectangular base.
The image shows a single, detached amulet carved/sculpted in a turquoise-green material with darker speckling typical of glass or glassy glaze. The figure is upright and mummiform/childlike in pose, with a stylized head and a full-body contour. One arm/hand is raised or positioned close to the body, and the other element appears to be held or molded against the side. The base is a simple rectangular block. No surrounding mounting hardware is visible. The catalogue description specifies a funerary amulet of Hapy (one of the Four Sons of Horus), but the image is not clear enough to confidently identify specific iconographic attributes unique to Hapy (e.g., head type and defining symbols). No legible hieroglyphic, cartouches, or other inscriptions are visible, and no Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is seen. Overall wear is present but the object appears intact for imaging.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116387438 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 30.8.280 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 550775 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.
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