Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue

Artist's Sketches of Senenmut, Sketch of Small Rodent on Opposite Side

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Description

Limestone, ink

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 limestone fragment depicting two heads drawn in profile with detailed facial features.

The artifact is a limestone fragment showing two heads in side profile. The faces are rendered in a simple yet detailed style. The first head has an elaborate hairstyle with large eyes and defined features. The drawing appears to be made with ink on the stone surface, suggesting it might be either a preliminary sketch or an artistic rendering.

decorative New Kingdom fragmentary
Materials limestone

Connections

Materials Limestone

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q7107718 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 31.4.2 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 544456 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.