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Uraeus Amulet

Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), acc. 10.130.1952. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

Accession: 10.130.1952
Period: Late Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 26–30
Date: 664–332 B.C.
Date range: 664 BCE – 332 BCE
Materials: ['lapis lazuli']
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Description

Amulet, cat (?). Late Period, Dynasty 26–30, 664–332 B.C. Lapis lazuli. L. 1.9 × W. 1 cm (3/4 × 3/8 in.). From: Egypt. Subject: Serpents. Credit: Gift of Helen Miller Gould, 1910.

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 stone amulet depicting a rearing cobra/uraeus figure with incised markings on the body.

The image shows a compact, upright, blue lapis-lazuli-like amulet carved in the form of a uraeus (cobra) with a rounded head, raised hood, and a slender body. The hood and body surfaces have shallow engraved or incised lines/patterns, and there is a small dark opening/indent at the side near the body. The base appears slightly flattened. Along the front of the pedestal/base there is red painted or inked inventory text reading "M-19 52" or similar (the middle character is unclear). No clearly legible hieroglyphic cartouche text, deity names, or Greek/Coptic/Arabic inscriptions are visible beyond the inventory marking.

religious Late Period (per catalogue); style consistent with uraeus amulet carving but precise dating unclear from image alone. good

Deities Wadjet (uraeus/cobra)

Materials blue stone (likely lapis lazuli)

Signs Uraeus/cobra motif (incised lines on hood/body)

Visible text "Red/painted inventory marking on base: "M-1952" (exact characters uncertain)."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Red/painted inventory marking on base: "M-1952" (exact characters uncertain).

Connections

Deities Wadjet

Cross-references (4)

Wikidata-Q Q116276313 tier-1
Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
Inventory-Number 10.130.1952 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
MET-Object 560759 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).
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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.