Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Magical Figure
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 fragment of an ancient Egyptian artifact with carved features and faint red pigment.
The artifact fragment appears to be made of stone with a carved depiction, possibly of a human figure or deity. The surface shows signs of erosion, with some red pigment remaining, indicating possible decorative or symbolic elements. The rough texture suggests significant age, and the carving style could be indicative of a particular artistic period. Notable features include the faint but distinct linear carvings and the overall shape, suggesting it might have been part of a larger object.
decorative
unknown
fragmentary
Materials
limestone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116281385 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 33.1.94 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546377 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.