Art Institute of Chicago (Egyptian) · amulet

Amulet of the God Imhotep

Source of record: Art Institute of Chicago (Egyptian) — catalogued by the holding institution. View the original record →

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 green-blue faience amulet modeled as a standing, human-like deity figure with arms crossed or held in front.

The object is a small, molded faience amulet in a green-blue glaze with worn surface detailing. The figure stands upright on a flat base. A rounded head with simplified facial features is visible; the arms appear brought across the chest or held close to the torso. The body proportions and iconographic details are too worn/ambiguous in the photo to confidently identify specific iconographic markers or inscriptions. No clearly legible hieroglyphic, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible on the surface in this image.

religious unclear poor
Deities Imhotep (as stated by catalogue; not clearly legible/confirmable in the image)
Materials green-blue faience (glazed surface)

Connections

Deities Imhotep

Cross-references (1)

  • ARTIC-id 136084 tier-2
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  • From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Art Institute of Chicago (Egyptian).
  • 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.