Atum as a human-headed cobra surmounting a box for an animal mummy

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 patinated metal object with a raised, human-figure-like element on top of a rectangular base.

The image shows a horizontally oriented rectangular metal bar with a dark, greenish corrosion/patina layer. From the top surface near the right side rises a slender, upright form with a head/face-shaped end and bent arms or a curved posture, rendered in low relief/standing sculpture. The object has a small circular hole or loop on the right face of the base. No clearly legible hieroglyphs, cartouches, or other text are visible in the photograph. The overall form is consistent with a cast/assembled copper alloy item, with the patina suggesting long burial. However, the photo does not clearly show a cobra body or a human-headed cobra surmounting a box for an animal mummy as in the catalogue title; the raised element appears more like an upright figure than a cobra, so the match to the specific iconography cannot be confirmed from this image alone.