Magical Figure
Description
Late Middle Kingdom–Second Intermediate Period, Dynasty 13–SIP, ca. 1802–1550 B.C. Clay (unfired). H. 6.3 cm (2 1/2 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. 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.
The image shows a small, weathered, reddish-brown unglazed clay fragment with a rounded-oval profile; no clear carved figure or inscription is visible.
The object appears as a thick, irregularly edged clay piece (unfired/terracotta-like) photographed against a plain light-gray background. The surface is heavily eroded and stained, with no legible hieroglyphs, cartouches, or Greek/Coptic/Arabic text discernible at this resolution. No distinct limbs, facial features, or iconographic elements can be confidently identified; therefore the advertised “Magical Figure” imagery is not directly visible in the provided view. The material texture suggests compacted clay with minor surface cracking and loss of detail.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116281368 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 33.1.107 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546389 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.