Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Statue of Kneeling Captive
Description
Limestone, paint
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 kneeling Egyptian sculpture of a male figure.
This sculpture depicts a kneeling male figure, characterized by a traditional ancient Egyptian hairstyle and a kilt. The statue is made from stone and exhibits the typical stylized musculature associated with Egyptian art. Notable features include the detailed depiction of the face and body posture, suggesting a person of some significance.
unclear
Old Kingdom
good
Materials
limestone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116252431 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 47.2 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 543869 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.
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