Inlay depicting enthroned god
Description
Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 4th century B.C. Faience. H. 13 cm (5 1/8 in.); W. 10.1 cm (4 in.); D. 1.2 cm (1/2 in.). Possibly from: Hermopolis (Ashmunein; Khemenu), Middle Egypt. Credit: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926.
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 inlay/plaque showing an enthroned seated male deity (or divine figure) rendered in pale blue/green faience with a seated posture on a pedestal.
The image depicts a standing/seated-profile figure facing left, with a shaved or short wig-like head profile and an outstretched posture typical of an enthroned deity. The body is coated in light blue/green faience with speckled/beaded patterning around the torso and a rectangular-backed element behind the figure that appears to be part of the inlay frame. The deity sits on a low rectangular base/pedestal with a tail-like or raised lower-body element indicated by the faience modeling. No clear cartouche or royal name is visible. A grid of small raised dots lines part of the backrest and torso, but individual hieroglyphs are not legible. No Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible. The catalogue title indicates “Inlay depicting enthroned god,” which is consistent with the visible seated divine figure; however, the specific god identity cannot be determined from the image alone.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116276130 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 26.7.999 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 561045 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.