Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Magical Figure
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 rough, rectangular-shaped clay figure with a human-like face carved in relief.
The artifact is a rectangular-shaped object made of clay, with a roughly carved human face in relief. The features are rudimentary, lacking detailed definition, suggesting it may be an early or simplistic representation. There are traces of red pigment on the surface, indicating possible decorative or symbolic use. The overall style is primitive, which could indicate it either represents an early period or a rudimentary local art form.
unclear
unknown
poor
Materials
clay
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116281544 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 33.1.76 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546359 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.