Statue of Metjetji
Description
Caption: Statue of Metjetji, ca. 2371–2288 B.C.E.. Wood, pigment, Height: 35 1/16 in. (89 cm) Base: 6 15/16 x 16 7/16 in. (17.7 x 41.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 50.77. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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 wooden statue depicting an Egyptian official or nobleman.
The statue represents a male figure, likely an official or noble, wearing a short kilt and a shoulder-length wig. The figure holds a staff, and its posture is formal and upright. Notable features include the detailed jewelry painted with colored beads, a symbol of status. The paintwork, especially on the skirt, displays artistic styles typical of the Egyptian Old Kingdom period.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 50.77 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3545 tier-2
About this record's data
- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
- 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.