Magical Figure
Description
Late Middle Kingdom–Second Intermediate Period, Dynasty 13–SIP, ca. 1802–1550 B.C. Clay (unfired). H. 8.2 cm (3 1/4 in.); W. 3.5 cm (1 3/8 in.). From: west of tomb of Senwosretankh, surface deposit, Lisht South, Memphite Region, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1932–33. Subject: Faces. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1933.
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.
A small, irregular fragment of unglazed/unfired clay with faint, eroded surface markings and traces of red pigment.
The image shows a roughly rectangular, vertically oriented clay fragment with rounded corners and an uneven, chipped edge. The surface is heavily abraded, with shallow depressions and smudged line-like marks that could represent erased or incomplete applied writing/figural modeling; however, no distinct individual hieroglyphs are clearly legible in the provided view. There are scattered reddish-brown traces consistent with degraded pigment (possibly painted details). No carved figures, clear deities, or readable royal titulary/carthouches are confidently visible due to erosion and the fragmentary condition.
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.