Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Statuette of man
Description
Limestone, paint
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 painted limestone statue of a seated male figure with a wig.
The artifact is a painted limestone statue depicting a seated male figure wearing a bob-style wig and a short kilt. The figure is seated on a simple rectangular block and displays a calm expression typical of Egyptian sculpture. The paint remains visible, though it is somewhat faded, indicating the original polychromy. This style is typical of tomb statues used to represent the deceased and serve as an eternal vessel for the spirit.
funerary
Old Kingdom
good
Materials
limestone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116281273 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 33.1.4 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546430 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).
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