Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Standing Statue of Mitry with flaring wig
Description
Acacia, paint, gesso
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 wooden statue of an ancient Egyptian official holding a staff.
The image depicts a wooden statue showcasing an ancient Egyptian official with a classic pose, holding a staff in the left hand. The figure is adorned with a traditional kilt and exhibits detailed craftsmanship, especially in the facial features and musculature. Notable is the wood grain visible on the surface, indicative of the material used.
royal
Middle Kingdom
good
Materials
wood
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116252409 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 26.2.2 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 543873 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.
- 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.