Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Colossal head from a Bes-image Ptolemaic PeriodTell Basta (Bubastis)
Description
Column capital, Bes-image. Ptolemaic Period, 332–30 BCE. Limestone. H. 39.5 × W. 52 × D. 21.5 cm, 74.4 kg (15 9/16 × 20 1/2 × 8 7/16 in., 164 lb.). Said to be from: Tell Basta (Bubastis), Eastern Delta. Subject: Bes. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1923.
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 (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116249017 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 23.2.35 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 551897 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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