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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. 6.7 cm (2 5/8 in.); W. 3.7 cm (1 7/16 in.). From: west of tomb of Senwosretankh, surface deposit, Lisht South, Memphite Region, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1932–33. Subject: Faces. 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.

Fragmentary small Egyptian figurine-like clay object with a painted face/head area and red pigment bands, shown front-on.

The image shows a small, vertically oriented fragment of an unfired clay object. Only the upper portion of the face/head is clearly visible: a worn circular/oval area suggests an eye or face marking, with traces of painted features. Across the middle and lower body there is a broad red/orange painted band and additional scattered red patches, but no fully legible hieroglyphs or complete figure details are visible. The object is thick and hand-formed, with rough, pitted clay surfaces and several edge breaks. No cartouches, readable royal titulary, or clearly identifiable deity iconography can be confirmed from the visible fragment. No Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is apparent. Overall condition is fragmentary, with the majority of fine detail lost due to breakage and surface erosion.

unclear Late Middle Kingdom–Second Intermediate Period (per catalogue; visually consistent with a small painted clay magical/figure fragment, but period cannot be confirmed from image alone) fragmentary
Materials clay (unfired)red/orange pigment (paint)

Connections

Found at Lisht
Materials Clay

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116281377 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 33.1.98 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 546381 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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  • 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.