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. 7.4 cm (2 15/16 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 fragment photographed front-on, roughly rectangular with an arched top, showing no clearly legible surface figures or text at this resolution.

The image shows a single small to medium terracotta-colored object with a weathered, cracked surface. The edges are irregular and the top has an arched/rounded contour, suggesting a molded or handmade figurine fragment rather than an inscribed tablet. There are no clearly defined carved or molded human/animal features visible in the provided view, and no legible hieroglyphs, cartouches, or other inscriptions can be confirmed. Surface color variations and cracks indicate firing was not completed (consistent with a brittle, unfired clay). No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible.

unclear Late Middle Kingdom–Second Intermediate Period (per catalogue) fragmentary
Materials clay (unfired)

Connections

Found at Lisht
Materials Clay

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116281369 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 33.1.106 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 546388 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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  • 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.