Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Statuette of Kary carrying a standard of Horus
Description
Wood
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 depicting a standing male figure with a traditional Egyptian hairstyle and attire.
The artifact is a wooden statue of a standing male figure characterized by the traditional nemes headdress typical of ancient Egyptian art. The figure's attire includes a pleated kilt, and the overall style suggests a focus on dignified representation, possibly indicating high status or religious significance. The arms are held straight down at the sides, and the stance is rigid, conforming to the stylistic norms of Egyptian sculpture.
religious
Middle Kingdom
good
Materials
wood
Cross-references (4)
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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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