Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Nubian head inlay
Description
Faience
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 with intricate detail and coloration of a figure.
The artifact is a carved stone head depicting a figure with a detailed hairstyle and facial features highlighted in green. The craftsmanship suggests attention to detail, typical in ancient Egyptian artistry. Notable features include the textured hair and the traces of color that provide additional depth to the face.
decorative
unknown
good
Materials
stone
Connections
Materials
Stone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116414472 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 66.99.51 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545920 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.