Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Seated man
Description
Limestone
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 headless seated statue of an ancient Egyptian figure.
The image depicts a headless statue of a seated figure, carved from stone. The body is depicted in a traditional Egyptian style, with arms resting on the lap. The sculpture is weathered, suggesting age, and lacks detailed decoration. Its simplistic design might indicate a common or non-royal individual.
funerary
Old Kingdom
fragmentary
Materials
limestone
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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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