Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Fragmentary statuette of kneeling King Shabaqo
Description
Glazed steatite, paint
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 fragment of an ancient Egyptian sculpture depicting a kneeling figure.
The artifact is a faience fragment showing a figure in a kneeling position, with careful attention to the contours and texture of the limbs. The vivid green color suggests it might be depicting a figure of some significance, possibly associated with a deity. The style and craftsmanship reflect a high level of artistry, although much of the original context is lost due to the fragmentary condition.
decorative
unknown
fragmentary
Materials
faience
Connections
Materials
Faience
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116246249 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 1990.10 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544879 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.