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Head of a Harpokrates with a Blue Crown and Sidelock

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Description

Ptolemaic Period, ca. 332–30 B.C. Limestone. H. 4.7 × W. 3.9 × D. 6.1 cm (1 7/8 × 1 9/16 × 2 3/8 in.). From: Egypt. Credit: Bequest of Nanette B. Kelekian, 2020.

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

Stone head of a young male deity wearing a close-fitting crown and a wig with side fullness, carved in frontal view.

The image shows the upper portion of a carved stone figure: a forward-facing head with a smooth, youthful facial profile and downcast almond-shaped eyes. The figure wears a tight, rounded blue crown-like headpiece with a central raised element at the forehead and a distinct band across the brow; the crown sits over a stylized hairstyle that includes a side-lock/wig volume visible at both cheeks. The crown is the most prominent identifying feature; however, the exact color is not guaranteed by the photo lighting. No legible hieroglyphs, cartouches, or separate inscriptions are visible. The object is mounted on a dark rectangular base, but only the head itself appears sculpted. Condition appears worn with minor losses and surface abrasion consistent with an ancient limestone sculpture.

religious Ptolemaic Period (per catalogue); exact dating not fully confirmable from image alone good
Deities Harpokrates (catalogue attribution; visually suggested by youthful features and crown)
Materials limestone (as stated in catalogue; stone surface visible)

Connections

Deities Harpocrates

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116408635 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 2021.41.95 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 329873 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.