Son of Horus (Duamutef) from Bead Net
Description
Blue faience
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.
A small, vertically oriented blue faience amuletic figure with a suspension hole at the top and a broad, human-like torso/body form.
The object appears as a compact, paddle-like faience amulet/pendant painted or glazed in turquoise-blue with areas of wear and dark speckling. It has a single circular/oval perforation near the top for suspension. The front surface shows a stylized garment and horizontal banding across the midsection; below the banding are short vertical strokes/marks that may correspond to schematic decoration. No clear legible hieroglyphic inscriptions, cartouches, or alphabetic text are visible at this image resolution. The lower portion narrows slightly toward the base. The overall iconography is consistent with a small protective funerary/amuletic figure associated with the “Son of Horus” tradition, though the specific variant (Duamutef) cannot be confirmed from the visible details alone.
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.