Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Flute player
Description
Limestone
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 small sculpture depicting a seated figure in a contemplative pose.
The artifact is a small, stone sculpture featuring a figure seated with its legs drawn up and chin resting on its hands. The sculpture is carved with attention to human anatomy and posture, capturing a thoughtful expression. The simplistic style suggests an emphasis on form rather than detailed ornamentation.
decorative
unknown
good
Materials
stone
Connections
Materials
Stone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116389482 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 66.99.47 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545916 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.