Human figure, possibly male
Description
Statuette fragment, male possibly. Predynastic, Naqada III, ca. 3300–3100 B.C. Ivory. h. 6.6 x w. 2.3 x d. 1.2 cm (2 5/8 x 7/8 x 1/2 in.). From: Egypt. Subject: Men. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1923.
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A small carved human figure head and upper torso, shown in three-quarter view, with simplified facial features and a narrow neck.
The artifact appears to be a carved, figurative sculpture representing a human. Only the head and upper body are preserved: the head is rounded with a defined brow and nose; the eyes are indicated by shallow incisions and/or recessed areas, and the mouth is lightly modelled. The neck connects to a slender torso; the arms and lower body are not clearly preserved, though there are indications of a raised/turned arm on the viewer’s left. The back/side surfaces show chisel/abrasion marks consistent with stone or ivory carving. There are no clearly legible hieroglyphic signs, cartouches, or inscriptions visible in the provided image. No deities or royal names are identifiable, and there is no visible text in Greek or Coptic or Arabic.
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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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