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

Viscera Figure of 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, mummiform stand/figure carved from a dark brown material, shown frontally with a segmented wig or head covering and a human-like body shape.

The image shows a freestanding, vertical figure with a narrow torso and arms brought close to the body. The head is topped with a prominent, horn-like or conical element on either side of the forehead and an additional central head element, suggesting an iconographic headpiece rather than natural hair. The face area is simplified; a small nasal/eye/cheek modeling is visible but worn. The body is crudely modeled with minimal detail and a flat base foot area. No clear pigments, separate attachments, or surface inscriptions are legible in the provided view. No hieroglyphic, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is clearly visible.

funerary Third Intermediate Period or later (as catalogued) fragmentary
Deities Duamutef (name not directly legible; identification unclear from image alone)
Materials dark brown carved material (exact type unclear; not clearly wax in the photo)

Connections

Deities AnubisDuamutef
Materials Wood

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116413672 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 06.1189a tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 544798 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).
  • 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.