Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Statuette of a Cloaked Man
Description
Yellow limestone
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 standing statue of an ancient Egyptian official or noble figure.
The artifact is a finely carved standing statue depicting an ancient Egyptian individual, likely an official or noble. The figure is wearing a long robe common in Egyptian statuary, with detailed features such as a closely shaven head, suggesting a certain period's style. The statue stands on a rectangular base, and the proportions are consistent with Egyptian artistic conventions. Notable features include the serene expression and the positioning of the hands, which may indicate a specific role or function.
royal
Middle Kingdom
excellent
Materials
limestone
Connections
Materials
Limestone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116248854 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 66.123.1 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544180 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.