Funerary Figure of Akhenaten
Description
Quartzite (brown)
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 small statue of a pharaoh or noble wearing a nemes headdress and a shendyt kilt.
The artifact is a small sandstone statue depicting a male figure classically dressed in ancient Egyptian attire. The figure is adorned with a nemes headdress, which flows smoothly over the shoulders. The hands are crossed over the chest, a posture commonly associated with the burial customs and religious iconography of ancient Egypt. Below the crossed arms, hieroglyphic inscriptions can be seen. The craftsmanship showcases fine details, particularly on the facial features and attire, indicative of skilled artisanship.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116247546 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 47.57.2 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544684 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.