Magical Figure
Description
Late Middle Kingdom–Second Intermediate Period, Dynasty 13–SIP, ca. 1802–1550 B.C. Clay (unfired). H. 7 cm (2 3/4 in.); W. 3.2 cm (1 1/4 in.). From: west of tomb of Senwosretankh, surface deposit, Lisht South, Memphite Region, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1932–33. 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 roughly rectangular/rounded-top clay object with a shallow, rounded carved area on the upper face that resembles a molded or incised motif; no clear full figure is preserved.
The artifact appears to be made of light brown, gritty clay (unfired) with a damaged surface. The top portion has a shallow circular/oval recessed form with faint internal lines/texture, but the details are worn and not clear enough to identify as a specific magical figure type or deity attribute. The lower portion is plain with no legible hieroglyphs or labels visible. There are no obvious tool marks indicating a complete molded anthropomorphic figure, and the object is too fragmentary/worn to confirm iconography beyond the presence of a shallow carved/molded feature near the top.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116281387 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 33.1.92 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546375 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.