Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue

Magical Figure

Source of record: Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) — catalogued by the holding institution. View the original record →

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.

This is a fragment of an ancient Egyptian artifact with remnants of inscriptions.

The artifact appears to be a fragment of a larger piece, possibly made from clay or stone, with faded inscriptions faintly visible on its surface. The artifact is roughly textured and exhibits signs of wear and age. The inscriptions include traces of red pigmentation, typically used in Egyptian artifacts for emphasizing hieroglyphs or decorative elements.

hieroglyphic only unknown fragmentary
Materials unknown
Signs unknown

Connections

Found at Lisht North

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116281413 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 33.1.82 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 546365 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.