Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue

Magical Figure

Source of record: Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) — catalogued by the holding institution. View the original record →

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 clay brick with the impression of a face, possibly a mask or deity representation.

The artifact is a roughly rectangular clay brick with a carved or impressed face on one side. The style appears rudimentary, with basic features like eyes and a nose. The texture indicates that it's made from unglazed clay, and there are slight reddish hues suggesting remnants of paint. The overall condition seems sturdy but lacks fine detail.

decorative unclear good
Materials clay

Connections

Found at Lisht North
Materials Clay

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116281384 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 33.1.95 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 546378 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.