Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Head of Akhenaten Wearing the Blue Crown, traces of a hieroglyph behind the neck
Description
Indurated 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 heavily eroded limestone fragment, possibly from a statue or larger structure.
The artifact is a large piece of limestone, displaying significant erosion and damage. Its irregular shape and surface textures suggest it may have been part of a larger sculpture or architectural element. There are no visible inscriptions or detailed carvings, making it difficult to ascertain its original function or depiction. The surface is rough and uneven, with visible stress fractures and discoloration from age.
unclear
unknown
poor
Materials
limestone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116245804 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 57.180.79 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545030 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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.