Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · architecture
Fragmentary Head of a King
Description
Jasper
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 fragmentary red-brown sculpture of an Egyptian face.
The artifact is a fragmentary Egyptian sculpture depicting the left side of a face. It is made of a red-brown stone material, possibly carnelian or a type of hardstone. The piece is carefully carved, showcasing smooth planes and defined contours typical of Egyptian sculpture. The eye and eyebrow are prominent, with fine detailing. Parts of the sculpture are missing, leaving jagged edges.
unclear
unknown
fragmentary
Materials
carnelian
Connections
Materials
Carnelian
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116415500 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 26.7.1398a tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 548479 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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