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Magical Figure

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Description

Late Middle Kingdom–Second Intermediate Period, Dynasty 13–SIP, ca. 1802–1550 B.C. Clay (unfired). H. 7.2 cm (2 13/16 in.); W. 3.6 cm (1 7/16 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, clay (unfired) plaque/figurine with worn surface and faded red pigment, bearing an indistinct recessed or painted central element that may be a molded shape or text.

The object is shown front-on as a tall, narrow, irregular block with rounded top and straight sides, consistent with a small handmade clay figure/plaque. The surface is heavily abraded and dusty, with traces of red pigment visible across the lower half and around the midsection. A central horizontal/arched recessed or painted area is visible near the top-middle, but its details are too eroded to confidently read as specific hieroglyphs or a named formula. No clearly legible Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible. No cartouche or royal titulary is discernible. Overall imagery is limited to vague, worn mark-making; it does not allow secure identification of any specific deity attributes.

unclear Late Middle Kingdom–Second Intermediate Period (per catalogue; visual details too worn to refine) fragmentary
Materials clay (unfired)traces of red pigment
Signs indistinct central molded/recessed element (possible sign group or figure outline)

Connections

Found at Lisht
Materials Clay

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116281386 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 33.1.93 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 546376 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.