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 earthen figurine depicting a simplified human face.

This artifact is a small, hand-molded figurine made from earth or clay, featuring a crudely shaped face. The composition is minimalistic, with basic indentations to represent eyes and a mouth. The overall style is simplistic, indicative of early craft techniques. The surface shows signs of age and wear, suggesting it is an ancient piece.

unclear unknown fragmentary
Materials earthclay

Connections

Found at Lisht North
Materials ClayEarth

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116281395 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 33.1.89 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 546372 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.