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

Face of Seniseneb, Tomb of Puyemre

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Description

Tempera on paper

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 depiction of a partial profile of an Egyptian figure wearing a dark headpiece.

The image features a detailed head profile of an Egyptian figure, likely a ruler, with prominent use of warm colors. The headpiece is dark and contrasts with the yellowish-brown tone of the skin. The style suggests a classic Egyptian artistic approach with emphasis on the eye and facial features. Surrounding the figure are faint traces of decoration or unfinished areas, indicating either an unfinished piece, a fragment, or an artistic reproduction.

decorative New Kingdom fragmentary
Materials paperwatercolor

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Materials PaperWatercolor
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  • 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.
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