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

Magical Figure

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Description

Late Middle Kingdom–Second Intermediate Period, Dynasty 13–SIP, ca. 1802–1550 B.C. Clay (unfired). H. 6.1 cm (2 3/8 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.

Unfired clay plaque/figure fragment with a shallow, eroded face-like relief on the upper area and scattered red pigment traces.

The object is a roughly rounded-rectangle clay piece with an upper section bearing a shallow, worn relief suggesting a face (eyes/mouth area are partially visible but heavily abraded). The main surface is mottled and chipped, consistent with an unfired clay object. There are distinct remnants of red-orange pigment across the lower half and along parts of the front, likely applied decoration. The upper relief is too damaged to securely read any associated text or specific magical iconography. No clearly legible hieroglyphic signs, cartouches, or Greek/Coptic/Arabic script can be confirmed from this image. The background and edges show breakage and erosion rather than fine-cut details.

unclear Late Middle Kingdom–Second Intermediate Period (per catalogue; image insufficient for tighter dating) poor
Materials clay (unfired)red pigment traces

Connections

Found at Lisht

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116281376 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 33.1.99 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 546382 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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  • AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.