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 small, eroded figure resembling a rudimentary human shape.

The artifact is a fragmentary piece of mud or clay with a rough human figure crafted in low relief. The figure’s features are largely eroded, suggesting notable age and wear, and traces of red pigment are visible, hinting at previous coloring. Its composition is simple with no visible inscriptions or intricate ornamentation.

funerary unknown poor
Materials mud

Connections

Found at Lisht North
Materials Mud

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116281540 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 33.1.80 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 546363 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.