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

Head from the figure of an official

Source of record: Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) — catalogued by the holding institution. View the original record →

Description

Fine-grained greenish-grey stone

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 sculpted stone head of a figure mounted on a wooden base.

The artifact is a sculpted stone head depicting the facial features of a figure with well-defined eyes and nose. The sculpture is mounted on a wooden base. The style and carving techniques suggest it might originate from ancient Egyptian art, although without more context, the specific period is unclear. The base appears modern, indicating the head is displayed for contemporary viewing.

unclear unknown good
Materials stonewood

Connections

Materials StoneWood
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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.
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