Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Seated Mitry with echelonned wig
Description
Acacia, gesso, 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 seated statue of an Egyptian figure with a detailed headdress.
The artifact is a wooden statue representing a seated male figure. The figure is depicted with a detailed, intricately carved headdress, suggesting a possible high status. The statue has a naturalistic style, showcasing meticulous attention to bodily proportions and facial features. Despite some wear, the craftsmanship remains evident, particularly in the texture of the headdress and the formality of the seated posture.
funerary
Old Kingdom
good
Materials
wood
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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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