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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. 7.6 cm (3 in.); W. 3.6 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.

A roughly rectangular, unbaked clay(?) fragment or small figurine base with worn surface and traces of red pigment marks that may represent painted symbols or figure details.

The image shows a tall, tapering, irregular piece with a flattened back and a rounded front edge, consistent with a molded clay magical figure fragment or body fragment. The surface is heavily worn and shows scattered reddish/orange pigment traces (paint) concentrated in the lower and central areas. No clear molded facial features or full anthropomorphic form are discernible in this view, and any hieroglyphic strokes are too fragmentary to read confidently. There are no visible cartouches, named kings, or legible deity attributes. The overall appearance matches an unfired clay object with pigment decoration typical of small magical figures, but specific iconography cannot be confirmed from the photograph alone.

unclear Late Middle Kingdom–Second Intermediate Period (per catalogue; image too limited for independent dating) fragmentary
Materials clay (unfired)red pigment traces (paint)
Signs unreadable painted symbol/mark (possibly hieroglyphic)

Connections

Found at Lisht
Materials Clay

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116281366 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 33.1.109 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 546391 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.
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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.