Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue

Head of statuette

Source of record: Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) — catalogued by the holding institution. View the original record →

Description

Ivory, 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 small carved bust depicting a human face with stylized features.

This artifact is a carved bust likely depicting a stylized human face, possibly used as a decorative element or part of a larger figure. The material appears to be wood or ivory, with pronounced features including the eyes and hair. The artifact seems to have been mounted for display.

decorative unknown fragmentary
Materials woodivory

Connections

Found at Lisht North
Materials WoodIvory

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116280896 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 15.3.263 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 546720 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.