Cowroid
Description
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, early, reign of Thutmose I–early sole Thutmose III, ca. 1504–1447 B.C. Faience. L. 1.5 cm (9/16 in.); W. 0.9 cm (3/8 in.); H. 0.5 cm (3/16 in.). From: Tomb of Neferkhawet (MMA 729), west chamber A, Burial of Rennefer (II), inside bowl 35.3.76, Asasif, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1934–35. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1935.
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.
Glazed faience amulet shaped like a cowroid (cow/rectangular-oval form) with polychrome surface decoration and a central, hieroglyph-like motif.
The object appears as a small, horizontally oriented oval/rectangular-oval amulet with rounded ends. Its surface is covered in a green-blue glazed faience with brownish oxidation along edges. A thick border frames an inner field where a stylized central motif resembling an elongated sign (possibly a net/strap-like element) flanked by two darker, blocky shapes is visible; the overall layout is consistent with decorative/hieroglyphic-style amulet iconography. No readable royal cartouche is apparent. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible. No clear identification of specific deities is possible from the visible signs alone, though the format is consistent with common protective amulet conventions associated with Egyptian iconography.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116276665 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 35.3.87 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 560186 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.