Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Statuette of Horus the Child
Description
Cupreous metal
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 bronze statue of an ancient Egyptian figure wearing a conical crown.
The artifact is a bronze statue depicting an ancient Egyptian figure, possibly a deity or royal personage, characterized by a tall, conical crown. The figure stands upright on a rectangular base, displaying detailed features typical of Egyptian statuary with smooth surfaces and stylistic proportions. The pose and expression are serene, conveying a sense of authority or divinity.
royal
New Kingdom
excellent
Materials
bronze
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116281803 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 44.4.7 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546216 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.
- 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.