Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Statuette of a man
Description
Quartzite, painted (flesh), painted black wig
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 bust of an ancient Egyptian statue depicting a male figure with traditional hairstyle.
The artifact is a bust of a male figure, likely representing a noble or high-ranking individual. It displays traditional Egyptian sculpting techniques with detailed depiction of the hairstyle typical of ancient Egypt. The stone surface appears weathered, with visible abrasions, indicating its age. The figure's posture and attire suggest a formal or ceremonial representation.
royal
New Kingdom
fragmentary
Materials
limestone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116245731 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 22.1.201 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545039 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.