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

Metal Fittings probably for an extra-sepulchral funerary figure

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Description

Cupreous alloy

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 Egyptian statue depicting a standing figure with arms crossed over the chest.

The artifact is a statue featuring a figure standing upright with its arms crossed in a traditional pose. The head and arms appear to be made of a dark stone, while the body is depicted in white, possibly a representation of a mummy or a shroud. The headgear suggests a traditional Egyptian style. The simplicity and the crossing of arms indicate a potential funerary or religious significance.

funerary unknown excellent
Materials stonewhite material

Connections

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116235397 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 30.8.99a–d tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 544750 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.