Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Head of a King with a Nemes Headdress
Description
Limestone
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 sculpted head likely depicting an Egyptian figure wearing a headdress.
The artifact is a sculpted head presented on a stand, likely representing an Egyptian figure. The styling of the headdress and facial features suggests a portrait. Notable features include the detailed headdress and serene expression. The sculpture is made of stone, and the craftsmanship indicates attention to detail in the depiction of facial features.
royal
New Kingdom
good
Materials
stone
Connections
Materials
Stone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116408583 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 2021.41.87 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 329865 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.