Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Head of a Man of Nubian Descent
Description
Serpentinite
AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06
Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A carved Egyptian head with a distinct hairstyle mounted on a red base.
The object is a sculpted head depicting an individual with a distinct mushroom-shaped hairstyle, possibly characteristic of certain Egyptian periods. The head is mounted on a modern red stand. The material appears to be dark stone, showing signs of age and abrasion but maintaining recognizable facial features.
unclear
unknown
good
Materials
stone
Connections
Materials
Stone
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