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

Statue of the Royal Treasurer Taruru

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Description

Quartzite

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 torso of a figure holding a staff, carved from red stone.

This is a fragmentary sculpture depicting the upper torso of a human figure. It is carved from a reddish stone, possibly granite. The figure's left hand holds a staff, suggesting a position of power or divinity. The detailed musculature and smooth surface indicate skilled craftsmanship, typical of royal or divine representations.

royal unknown fragmentary
Materials stone

Connections

Materials Stone

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116389580 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 2021.41.125 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 329904 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.