Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Head of a Fourth Dynasty King in a White Crown
Description
Limestone, traces of paint
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 sculpture of an ancient Egyptian figure wearing a tall, conical headdress.
This artifact depicts a human head with a distinct tall, conical headdress that is often associated with crowns worn by Egyptian deities or royalty. The facial features are relatively well-preserved, showing serene expressions typical of Egyptian art. The sculpture appears to be made from a stone material, possibly limestone, which was common in Egyptian statuary. The style is consistent with typical Egyptian sculptural practices, emphasizing symmetry and idealized features.
decorative
unknown
good
Materials
limestone
Connections
Materials
Limestone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116389587 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 2021.41.89 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 329867 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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.