Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue

Viscera figure with jackal head (Duamutef)

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Description

Wax (?)

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, dark-brown/black, three-dimensional figurine-like object with a head-like projection and two lateral, tail/wing-like appendages, photographed against a plain light background.

The image shows a single small artifact photographed in isolation from a top/side angle. The object is predominantly dark brown to black with a rough, pitted surface consistent with an unpolished or degraded organic/casting material. A prominent protruding form at one end resembles a head, though the specific animal features (e.g., jackal) are not clearly delineated in the photo. There are two curved lateral projections at the upper portion that could correspond to an articulated appendage or wings/ears, but they are ambiguous due to damage and coarse texture. No attached base is visible. The background is plain and no mounting hardware or labels are visible. No hieroglyphic, cartouche, or other textual elements are visible on the object in this image.

unclear Third Intermediate Period (per catalogue) fragmentary
Deities Duamutef (Imy?) - deity associated with viscera (attributed per catalogue; not directly identifiable in image)
Materials wax (?)

Connections

Found at Deir el-Bahri
Deities HorusDuamutef

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116443512 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 25.3.158c tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 577429 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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  • 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.