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

Head of male statue

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Description

Steatite or serpentinite

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 sculpted head fragment, likely depicting a human figure.

The image shows a fragment of a small statue's head, made from a dark-colored stone. The facial features are detailed, with a calm expression, indicative of skilled craftsmanship. The sculpture is mounted on a simple base for display.

unclear unknown fragmentary
Materials stone

Connections

Materials Stone

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116389449 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 41.6.3 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 546111 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.