Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Head of male statue Old KingdomGiza
Description
Head, male statue. Old Kingdom, Dynasty 6, ca. 2649–2100 B.C. Limestone. H. 10.4 × W. 8 × D. 9.6 cm (4 1/8 × 3 1/8 × 3 3/4 in.). From: Western Cemetery, In front of G2501, Giza, Memphite Region, Egypt. Excavation: Harvard-Boston MFA excavations, 1912. Credit: Fletcher Fund, 1964.
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.
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