Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Male Head, Probably from a Serving Statue
Description
Limestone
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 carved limestone head depicting a male figure with a serene expression.
The artifact is a limestone sculpture representing a male head, characterized by a smooth, rounded facial structure and detailed features such as almond-shaped eyes and full lips. The sculpture is mounted on a modern wooden base, suggesting it is intended for display. The style suggests an emphasis on idealized realism common in ancient Egyptian art.
decorative
unclear
good
Materials
limestonewood
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.