Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Magical Figure
Description
Clay (unfired)
AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06
Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A fragmentary piece of a clay coffin with a faded face and traces of red painted inscriptions.
The image depicts a fragment of a clay coffin with the upper part showing a roughly modeled face, possibly representing a deceased individual. The craftsmanship appears rudimentary, with the features of the face roughly sculpted into the clay. Below the face, traces of red paint can be observed, likely remnants of ancient inscriptions or decorative elements. The piece is worn and appears very aged, indicating it may have been part of a larger burial object.
funerary
unknown
fragmentary
Materials
clay
Signs
faded red marks ×5
Visible text
"unclear"
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116281358 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 33.1.113 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546395 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.