Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Head from a Large Statue of a Priest or Dignitary
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 stone head of an ancient Egyptian statue.
The artifact is a stone head that appears to be a part of a larger statue. It is skillfully carved with detailed facial features and a smooth surface. The style is typical of Egyptian sculpture, characterized by idealized features that reflect royal models.
royal
unknown
excellent
Materials
stone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116245455 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 02.4.191 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545108 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.