Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Head of a Statuette of Ptah
Description
Faience
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, detailed bust of an ancient Egyptian figure on a pedestal.
The artifact is a small bust depicting a human figure with realistic facial features, set upon a black pedestal. The sculpture shows detailed craftsmanship with discernible facial features, showcasing an ancient Egyptian artistic style. The head is bald, and the features suggest it could be a depiction of a notable person, possibly royalty or a deity.
royal
unclear
excellent
Materials
stone
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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.