Upper half of a woman from a pair or group statue
Description
Late Middle Kingdom, Late Dynasty 12–13, ca. 1850–1650 B.C. Steatite or serpentinite. H. 4.6 × W. 3.7 × D. 2.7 cm (1 13/16 × 1 7/16 × 1 1/16 in.). From: Egypt. Credit: Bequest of Nanette B. Kelekian, 2020.
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
Fragment of an Egyptian female statue, shown from the head down to the upper torso, carved in a dark greenish stone with a stylized face and wig.
The object is the upper portion of a seated or standing female figure from a group/pair statue, limited to the head and upper chest/shoulders. The head has a smooth, rounded physiognomy with large, dark inlaid-style eye markings, arched brows, and a short, straight nose. Both ears are visible and framed by a braided or striated wig mass. The figure’s garment is indicated by carved drapery lines and a horizontal band across the upper chest; the shoulders are wrapped, with the arms not fully preserved. No clearly readable hieroglyphic text, cartouches, or dedicatory inscriptions are visible on the visible surfaces. No deities are explicitly identifiable from iconographic attributes in this limited fragment. The stone appears dark green to blue-green with light weathering patches, consistent with the catalogue’s steatite/serpentinite description. Overall condition is fragmentary, with most of the body below the upper torso missing.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116408177 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 2021.41.18 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 329783 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.
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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.