Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · architecture
Fragment of a Queen's Face
Description
Yellow jasper
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 depicting a part of a human face.
The image shows a fragment of a larger sculpture, showcasing a portion of the lower face, specifically the lips and chin. The artifact is crafted from yellow-brown stone, possibly limestone, reflecting skilled craftsmanship with smooth surfaces and detailed carving of the lips. The fragment indicates it was once part of a larger, possibly more complex composition. There are no inscriptions visible on this piece.
unclear
unknown
fragmentary
Materials
limestone
Cross-references (4)
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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.