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

Male figure

Source of record: Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) — catalogued by the holding institution. View the original record →

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 wooden figurine representing a human form.

This artifact is a carved wooden figurine depicting a stylized human figure. The carving is simple, with minimal detail on the face and body, and it appears to be missing one arm. The overall style is rigid yet functional, likely serving a symbolic or ritualistic purpose. The wood shows signs of age, with some surface wear and discoloration.

unclear unknown fragmentary
Materials wood

Connections

Materials Wood
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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.
  • Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
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