Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Upper part of male statue
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 limestone bust of an ancient Egyptian figure wearing a wig.
The bust portrays an ancient Egyptian figure presumably of some importance, indicated by the stylized wig. The sculpture is made from limestone and depicts a serene expression with defined facial features, commonly seen in Egyptian art. Notable features include the simplistic yet expressive carving and the focus on the face and upper torso.
royal
Old Kingdom
good
Materials
limestone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116280935 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 15.3.224 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546658 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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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.