Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Human figure, possibly male
Description
Ivory
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 limestone statuette depicting a humanoid figure with distinct facial features.
The artifact is a carved limestone statuette representing a humanoid figure. The composition is simplistic with exaggerated facial features and a rough, textured surface. The figure lacks detailed attire or adornments, suggesting an abstract or possibly symbolic representation. The style is consistent with early figurative sculpture.
unclear
unknown
good
Materials
limestone
Connections
Materials
Limestone
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.