Reserve head
Description
Head, reserve. Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, reign of Khufu or Khafre, ca. 2551–2528 B.C. Limestone. H. 27 cm ( 10 5/8 in.); w. 16 cm (6 5/16 in.); d. 21 cm (8 1/4 in.). From: Eastern Cemetery, Mastaba G7560; Pit G7560 B, Giza, Memphite Region, Egypt. Excavation: Harvard-Boston MFA excavations, 1936. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1948.
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.
Carved limestone head sculpture showing a male human figure with a forward-facing view, damaged facial features and simplified hair/wig details.
The image depicts a freestanding sculpted head on a truncated neck, shown frontally. The stone surface is worn, with pronounced erosion and loss around the eyes, nose, and mouth; the mouth appears as a shallow, straight-lined relief. The head has a rounded skull with simplified hair/wig contours at the top and sides; a small broken/raised element is visible near the right side of the head. No clearly legible hieroglyphs or cartouches are visible on the face or around the head in this photograph. The overall form is consistent with an Egyptian reserve head-type sculpture, but the photograph does not show any explicit royal inscriptions to confirm a specific king.
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