Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Statuette of a Young Man
Description
Wood (probably ebony), gesso, linen, glass inlay
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 man in a traditional skirt.
The artifact is a wooden statue of a standing male figure, notably carved with one arm missing and the other positioned by his side. His attire consists of a traditional wrap-around skirt, reflective of Egyptian dress. The figure's facial features are detailed with markings indicating eyes and a subtle smile. The craftsmanship displays an understanding of human anatomy, with an emphasis on realistic proportions despite the damage.
daily life
Old Kingdom
fragmentary
Materials
wood
Connections
Materials
Wood
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116415553 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 13.182.4 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 548595 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
About this record's data
- 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.
- Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.