Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Head of Dionysus (?) for attachment, possibly for a couch Ptolemaic PeriodAlexandria
Description
Hellenistic head, boss. Ptolemaic Period, 332–30 B.C. ivory. H. 4.9 cm (1 15/16 in.); W. 5.1 cm (2 in.); D. 2.8 cm (1 1/8 in.). Probably from: Alexandria. Subject: Heads. Credit: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926.
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116252440 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 26.7.1301 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 551340 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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