Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · figurine
Game piece with lion head Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
Description
Third Intermediate Period–Late Period, Dynasty 21–26, ca. 1070–525 B.C. Faience. H 1.5 × W 1.3 × D 1.3 cm (9/16 × 1/2 × 1/2 in.). From: Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations. Subject: Lions. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1928.
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.
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