Mask of a man with hair combed forward and a mantle
Description
Roman Period, A.D. 2nd century, early. Plaster, paint. h. 18 cm (7 1/16 in); w. 10 cm (3 15/16 in). From: Egypt. Credit: Funds from various donors, 1900.
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A painted plaster funerary/portrait mask of a man, facing forward, with dark hair combed forward in arched rows and a mantle-like dark border along the forehead and sides.
The image shows a three-quarter frontal view of an Egyptian-style mask. The face is rendered in light/whitish plaster with painted features: heavy arched eyebrows, large almond-shaped dark eyes with visible highlights, a small painted nose, and a reddish-brown mouth. The hair is indicated by thick dark bands that run vertically over the top and sides, with a more distinct dark curved band at the hairline/forehead. The lower edge suggests a rounded chin and partial neck, with remnants of orange/brown paint on the cheeks/under-face area. There are no clearly readable hieroglyphic cartouches or inscriptions visible on the mask. No explicit divine attributes or royal regalia are clearly identifiable from the image alone.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116389321 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 00.2.13 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 547823 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.
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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.