Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Head of Amenhotep III
Description
Travertine (Egyptian alabaster), paint
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 head depicting an ancient Egyptian ruler with a uraeus on the forehead.
The artifact is a sculpted head of an ancient Egyptian figure, possibly a pharaoh, made from a light-colored stone such as limestone or alabaster. The piece is mounted on a stand for display. Notable features include the uraeus, a serpent emblem, on the forehead, which signifies royalty, and detailed eyes in a contrasting material.
royal
unknown
good
Materials
alabasterpossibly inlay for eyes
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116243186 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 66.99.29 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545899 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.