Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Head of an Official
Description
Granodiorite
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 stone head representing an individual from ancient Egypt.
This artifact is a stone head depicting an Egyptian personage wearing a traditional wig. The style is characteristic of ancient Egyptian sculpture, with stylized features and a formal pose. The hair is depicted with a geometric pattern, and the craftsmanship suggests skilled artistry.
decorative
unknown
excellent
Materials
stone
Connections
Materials
Stone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116243175 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 66.99.31 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545901 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
About this record's data
- 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.
- Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.