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Magical Figure

Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), acc. 33.1.100. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 33.1.100
Find spot: Lisht South, Memphite Region, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Late Middle Kingdom–Second Intermediate Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 13–SIP
Date: ca. 1802–1550 B.C.
Date range: 1802 BCE – 1550 BCE
Materials: ['clay (unfired)']
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), Magical Figure (33.1.100). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/536

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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. 3.5 cm (1 3/8 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 small, weathered unglazed clay figurine/amulet fragment with a crudely modeled rectangular face/head and incised/raised contour lines suggesting a stylized human figure.

The object appears as a roughly rectangular, hand-modeled piece of unfired clay with a worn surface. On the upper portion, a simplified face or head is indicated by a recessed rectangular/rounded shape, flanked by faint linear marks that could represent eyes and a mouth, though details are too eroded to confirm. The remainder of the figure is largely featureless in the visible area, with only shallow incisions and surface texture from firing/handling or natural degradation. No clear hieroglyphic signs, cartouches, or Greek/Coptic/Arabic text are visible in the provided image; any marks near the head are ambiguous and could be part of the molded features rather than writing.

religious Late Middle Kingdom–Second Intermediate Period (per catalogue; image does not allow independent confirmation) fragmentary

Materials clay (unfired; unglazed)

Connections

Found at Lisht

Materials Clay

Cross-references (4)

Wikidata-Q Q116281373 tier-1
Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
Inventory-Number 33.1.100 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
MET-Object 546383 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).
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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.