Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue

Head of a statue of an older man

Source of record: Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) — catalogued by the holding institution. View the original record →

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.