Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Head with tripartite wig, probably from a shabti
Description
Steatite or serpentinite
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 carved stone head depicting a serene visage with almond-shaped eyes and a slight smile.
The artifact is a carved stone head, likely representing a deity or royal figure, characterized by smooth lines and symmetrical features typical of Egyptian sculpture. The eyes are almond-shaped with elongated cosmetic lines, and the lips are delicately curved into a slight smile. The material appears to be dark stone, showing the skilled craftsmanship of the period.
unclear
Middle Kingdom
good
Materials
stone
Connections
Materials
Stone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116408313 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 2021.41.34 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 329799 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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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.
- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.