Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Head of Amun with inlaid eyes
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
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)
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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.