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Bust of King Amenemhat III

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Description

Bust, Amenemhat III; 12th-Dyn-King. Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, reign of Amenemhat III, ca. 1859–1813 B.C. Granodiorite. h. 20 cm (7 7/8 in). From: Egypt. Subject: Kings, MK-Kings. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1945.

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

Stone bust of an Egyptian king wearing a nemes-style striped headdress, shown from the chest up with stylized facial features and a broad collar.

The image shows a carved stone bust of a seated/standing figure presented frontally, with the head and upper torso prominent. The king wears a nemes headdress with alternating raised stripes across the top and sides, meeting at the forehead and flaring outward behind the ears. The face has downcast, almond-shaped eyes and a neutral expression; the mouth is slightly downturned. A wig/neck section is carved beneath the headdress, and the chest is dominated by a large broad collar/ornament with layered, horizontal banding. The lower chest includes a vertical seam or carved central element, but no clearly legible inscriptions are visible on the photo. The overall surface appears worn with chips and abrasions, especially around the nose and lower beard/neck area. No modern text or additional scripts (Greek/Coptic/Arabic) are visible.

royal Middle Kingdom (consistent with catalogue); exact reign attribution uncertain from visible markings alone. good
Materials stone (granodiorite per catalogue; exact material not directly confirmable from image)

Connections

Royals Amenemhat III

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116243130 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 45.2.6 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 545937 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.