Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Head from the Statuette of a King
Description
Basalt
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 stone sculpture depicting the head of an Egyptian pharaoh wearing a nemes headdress.
The artifact is a finely carved stone head of a pharaoh, notable for its detailed nemes headdress and serene facial expression. The craftsmanship and symmetry suggest a focus on idealized royal portraiture, typical of pharaonic images. The headdress has horizontal stripes, and the uraeus cobra is visible on the forehead, signifying kingship.
royal
New Kingdom
fragmentary
Materials
stone
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