Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Calf's head
Description
Clay (unfired)
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 carved stone head of a deity or animal, displayed on a stand.
The image depicts a carved head made from stone, possibly depicting a deity in animal form typically seen in ancient Egyptian art. The carving is mounted on a minimalist stand for display purposes. The piece shows signs of aging and wear, suggesting historical significance. The style is simplistic yet detailed, common in representations of divine or animal figures in Egyptian art.
unclear
unknown
fragmentary
Materials
limestone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116281181 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 32.1.138 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546489 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.