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 simple artifact with a stylized face protruding from a rectangular base.
The artifact is a rectangular piece with a roughly carved, stylized face emerging from its surface. The craftsmanship appears simplistic, possibly indicative of a votive or protective purpose. The material seems to be a type of earthy clay or mud with a rough texture, and slight traces of red pigment suggest minimal decorative effort. There are faint incisions or inscriptions below the face, indicating some symbolic or communicative intent.
religious
unknown
good
Materials
clay
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116281546 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 33.1.77 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546360 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.