Fist amulet
Description
Amulet, hand. Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 664–30 B.C. Black stone. H. 1.6 × W. 1 × D. 0.6 cm (5/8 × 3/8 × 1/4 in.). From: Egypt. Subject: Hands. Credit: Bequest of Mary Anna Palmer Draper, 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.
A small dark, stone amulet shaped like a clenched human fist (thumb and fingers indicated in relief).
The object appears to be a compact, black/very dark stone piece carved in the form of a clenched fist, shown in side view. The knuckles and finger contours are incised/relieved, with the thumb tucked along the side and the hand terminating in a rectangular-to-flattened base at the wrist end. The surface shows speckling and wear consistent with weathering or polishing. No clear hieroglyphs, cartouches, or inscriptions are visible in the provided image, and no deities or royal names can be confidently identified from the visible features. The museum catalogue’s identification as an amulet is consistent with the small sculpted form; the pictured material also appears consistent with dark stone, though the image resolution limits confirmation of the exact stone type (e.g., black stone).
Connections
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116276175 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 15.43.42 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 560913 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.