Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Portion of a Face, possibly a Child God
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
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.