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

Head of Amun with inlaid eyes

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Description

Egyptian blue

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 faience head depicting an Egyptian figure wearing a crown.

This artifact is a small, oxidized faience head likely representing a pharaoh or deity due to the presence of a notable crown or headdress. The figure has stylized almond-shaped eyes and an artificial beard, suggesting a royal or divine association. The surface shows signs of aging and wear, common in faience artifacts from ancient times.

royal New Kingdom good
Materials faience

Connections

Deities Amun
Materials Faience

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116389585 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 2021.41.93 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 329871 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.