Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Drawing of a Ramesside King and Two Standing Figures
Description
Limestone, ink
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.
Ostracon with a painted depiction of a large head and two smaller standing figures.
The artwork is a painted ostracon depicting a large profile head alongside two smaller, standing figures drawn in red and black lines. The style is typical of informal sketching, possibly serving a preparatory or practice purpose. The depiction shows Egyptian stylistic elements with the frontal eye on a profile face, which is a common artistic convention. The figures are rendered with minimal detail, emphasizing the outlines and shapes.
decorative
New Kingdom
good
Materials
limestone
Signs
unknown ×3
Visible text
"x11=ch"
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116275122 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 14.6.191 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 548515 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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