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Male Face from a Sarcophagus

Walters Art Museum (Egyptian), acc. 22.103. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

Accession: 22.103
Date: 746-405 BCE (Late Period?)
Date range: 746 BCE – 405 BCE
Materials: ['white limestone with red and blue paint']
Repository: Walters Art Museum
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Walters Art Museum (Egyptian), Male Face from a Sarcophagus (22.103). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/220325

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Description

<p>This male figure has a false beard and a band across the forehead. The piece has a rough back, and is probably broken off of a coffin.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/22.103' rel='external'>Male Face from a Sarcophagus</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>

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.

White limestone sculpted male head/face shown in three-quarter view, with painted facial features and wig/helmet-like framing elements.

The image shows a detached sculpted head from a sarcophagus-like context: the face is carved in relief with closed eyes (lid lines incised), a straight nose, and a defined mouth with moustache/beard-like modeling. The head appears to have a cap/wig element around the top and sides, indicated by carved contours. The surface is predominantly light/white, and traces of colored paint are not clearly distinguishable at this resolution; however, the face and hair areas show faint remnants consistent with the catalogued polychromy. No hieroglyphic inscriptions, cartouches, or identifiable royal names are visible on this face or its surrounding surfaces in the provided image. No deities are depicted.

funerary unclear (likely Late Period to Roman Period in style, but cannot be confirmed from this single image) fragmentary

Materials white limestone

Connections

Materials White Limestone

Cross-references (2)

Walters-AccNum 22.103 tier-2
Walters-id 32957 tier-2

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