Face of a King New KingdomThebes (Karnak), Egypt
Description
Object Label: Several details indicate that this fragmentary head represents a king. The long back of the headdress and the side pieces that almost encircle the ear probably belong to the tall White Crown of Upper Egypt. The line running down from the point of the chin can only be a royal beard. Although similar in style to representations of both Hatshepsut and Thutmose III, this statue’s nose is smaller and straighter and the brow is more evenly curved, indicating a slightly later date. Thus the subject is most likely Thutmose IV, grandson and namesake of Thutmose III. Caption: Face of a King, ca. 1400–1390 B.C.E.. Limestone, 6 11/16 x 4 9/16 in. (17 x 11.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 87.1. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 87.1 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3922 tier-2
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