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

Ring, god figure

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Description

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 turquoise-blue faience ring shaped like a vertical god figure, with molded facial/features and a raised symbol on the front.

The image shows a single object photographed against a white background. The artifact is small and ring-like, with a slender vertical form suggesting it is worn as jewelry. The front face has molded detailing resembling a stylized god figure: an elongated head or hood-like element at the top and a central motif on the body (possibly a chest symbol or hands/figure elements), with shallow incised relief lines. The surface is worn, with speckled coloration and areas of loss consistent with age. No clear hieroglyphic inscriptions, cartouches, or alphabetic text are visible at this resolution. No attached metal parts are apparent beyond the faience body.

decorative New Kingdom, Ramesside period (consistent with catalogue; visual dating not definitive from image alone) fragmentary
Deities unknown (god figure; specific identification unclear)
Materials faience

Connections

Found at Deir el-Ballas

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116281088 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 17.6.89 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 558074 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.
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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.