Pendant depicting Horus
Description
Pendant medallion, Horus. Roman Period, A.D. 3rd–4th century. Lead. H. 4.7 × W. 3.7 × D. 0.7 cm (1 7/8 × 1 7/16 × 1/4 in.). From: Egypt. Subject: Horus, Horses. Credit: Gift of James Douglas, 1890.
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 worn, cast lead pendant fragment depicting a falcon/eye-like form associated with Horus, shown in low relief against a flat backing.
The image shows a roughly heart-/droplet-shaped lead pendant with significant surface loss and breakage. A central motif in shallow relief includes what appears to be a stylized falcon or falcon-headed figure and/or an Eye-of-Horus-like element, surrounded by angular decorative markings. Raised outlines and incised lines suggest a figure-on-field composition typical of small protective pendants. No clear cartouche or full surrounding frame is preserved. The object is photographed against a neutral background, with no visible modern text or mounting hardware.
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- 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.
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