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

Upper Part of a of Woman from a Pair Statue

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Description

Late New Kingdom, Dynasty 19–20, ca. 1295–1070 B.C. (?). White limestone with traces of black paint. H. 14 × W. 15.3 x D. 7.5 cm (5 1/2 × 6 × 2 15/16 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.

Photograph of the upper portion of a carved seated/standing female statue fragment, showing the head, wig/headdress, and upper torso arms.

The image shows a broken sculpture preserving primarily the head and upper body. The woman’s face has a calm expression with almond-shaped eyes and a straight nose; a tripartite wig or textured headdress frames the face and extends down the sides in vertical ridges. Each side shows the beginning of the arms raised to chest height. The object is made from light-colored stone (white limestone) with areas where pigment traces remain, including darker paint along recessed details around the eyes/mouth and on the headdress lines. The back/right side is broken and unfinished, with tool marks visible; the lower body is missing. No readable hieroglyphs, cartouches, or other inscriptions are visible on the preserved surfaces.

royal Late New Kingdom (per catalogue) fragmentary
Materials white limestone

Connections

Deities HathorRa
Materials White Limestone
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