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

Portion of a Face, possibly a Child God

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

Description

Lapis lazuli

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, blue stone sculpted head fragment of an ancient figure.

The image depicts a small fragment of a sculpted head made from blue stone, likely lapis lazuli. The style suggests a focus on realistic features, including a detailed ear and partially visible facial contours. The piece shows signs of wear but retains a smooth texture.

unclear unknown fragmentary
Materials lapis lazuli

Connections

Materials Lapis Lazuli
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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.