Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Head of a cat Late Period–Ptolemaic Period
Description
Head, cat. Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 664–30 B.C. Cupreous metal. H. 12.2 cm (4 13/16 in.); W. 8.2 cm (3 1/4 in.); D. 10.4 cm (4 1/8 in.). From: Egypt. Subject: Cats, Goddess. Credit: Gift of Helen Miller Gould, 1910.
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.
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Materials
Cupreous Metal
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