Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Group of two women and a child
Description
Limestone, 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 sculpture depicting a seated woman having her hair styled by another figure.
The artifact is a small limestone sculpture portraying a scene of daily life in ancient Egypt. It features a seated woman with long braided hair being attended to by another figure, possibly a servant or attendant, who is styling her hair. The figures are detailed with subtle expressions and attire that reflect the period's style, showcasing the skill of the sculptor in capturing domestic life.
daily life
Middle Kingdom
good
Materials
limestone
Connections
Materials
Limestone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116248223 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 22.2.35 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544225 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.