Amulet of Harpokrates ?
Description
Amulet, Harpokrates (?). Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12–13, ca. 1850–1640 B.C. Lapis lazuli. H. 2.3 cm (7/8 in). From: cemetery south of pyramid, between Houses A3:2 and A3:3, Pit 340, Lisht North, Memphite Region, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1913–14. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1915.
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.
Small blue lapis-lazuli amulet carved in the form of a nude child figure, seated on a squat base with arms drawn inward.
The image shows a compact, polished blue stone amulet with mottled darker veining consistent with lapis lazuli. The figure is a small standing/seated nude child (arms bent close to the body, legs brought together) with a rounded head and stylized facial features. The body narrows toward the waist; there is a darker band-like area around the midsection and a thicker, rounded base that the figure appears to stand on. No clearly legible hieroglyphs, cartouches, or Greek/Coptic/Arabic text are visible on the surface in this image. No explicit attributes (e.g., distinctive headdress or specific iconographic details) are clear enough to confidently name the deity beyond the general child form.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116281662 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 15.3.70 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 557328 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.