Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Head of a statue of an older man
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 sculpted head of an Egyptian figure with a serene expression.
The artifact is a sculpted head depicting an Egyptian figure with a calm demeanor. The hair is styled in a classic Egyptian fashion, indicative of royal or noble status. The head is made from limestone with some visible wear and degradation, suggesting it is ancient. The style is realistic with careful attention to facial features, reflecting skilled craftsmanship.
royal
Middle Kingdom
fragmentary
Materials
limestone
Connections
Materials
Limestone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116252429 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 47.105.1 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 543871 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.