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

Upper part of a male figure

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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.

Fragment depicts an ancient Egyptian figure with braided hair.

The artifact is a fragment of an ancient Egyptian relief showing the upper body of a figure with detailed braided hair and a red-brown toned body. The figure is facing left, with part of the torso and shoulder visible. The style suggests New Kingdom artistic conventions, noted for its realistic and detailed human depictions.

unclear New Kingdom fragmentary
Materials limestone

Connections

Found at Deir el-Bahri
Materials Limestone

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116235382 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 26.3.354bb tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 545510 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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  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.