Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Head of a Man
Description
Quartzite
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 sculpted head of an ancient Egyptian figure with a stylized wig.
This artifact is a sculpted head depicting a figure with a detailed braided wig, characteristic of ancient Egyptian art. The sculpture is made of dark stone, suggesting durability, and presents a serene expression with subtle features. The detailing in the hair suggests skilled craftsmanship typical of ancient Egyptian portraiture.
royal
Middle Kingdom
good
Materials
dark stone
Connections
Materials
Dark Stone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116243172 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 66.99.32 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545902 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.
- 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.