Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Head of a Funerary Figure of Akhenaten
Description
Sandstone
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 fragmentary sculpture head of an ancient Egyptian figure.
The image shows a fragmentary sculpture, likely made of limestone, depicting the head of an ancient Egyptian individual. Notable features include the finely carved facial features with distinctive eyes and traces of traditional headgear. The sculpture is mounted on a modern stand for display. The style suggests it could be from a significant period in Egyptian history.
unclear
New Kingdom
fragmentary
Materials
limestone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116243164 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 66.99.36 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545906 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.