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

Statuette of a flutist

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Description

Copper alloy

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 bronze statue of a musician playing a harp.

This is a small, intricately crafted bronze statue depicting a musician with a harp. The figure is standing on a wooden base and appears to be part of a larger ensemble or offering scene. Notable features include the detailed rendering of the harp and the stance of the musician, indicating a performance. The overall composition suggests a scene related to music and entertainment.

daily life New Kingdom good
Materials bronzewood

Connections

Materials WoodBronze

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116408702 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 2021.41.117 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 329895 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.