Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · vessel
Ibex Head from the Shoulder of a Vessel
Description
pottery, glaze
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.
The image depicts a painted head of an animal, possibly part of a larger sculpture or object.
The artifact is a painted animal head made from a material resembling pottery or plaster. The style is stylized, with exaggerated features like large, flared ears and painted details to highlight the eyes and facial markings. The painting suggests an artistic representation rather than a realistic one. The coloration includes earthy tones, with lines and shapes adding to the facial expressions.
decorative
unknown
fragmentary
Materials
plaster
Connections
Materials
Plaster
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116243169 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 66.99.33 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545903 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.