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Wig fragment

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Description

Statue wig fragment. New Kingdom, Ramesside, Dynasty 19, reign of Ramesses II, ca. 1279–1213 B.C. Faience. H. 4 × W. 5.8 × D. 1.5 cm (1 9/16 × 2 5/16 × 9/16 in.). From: Palace of Ramesses II, Private apartments, Qantir (Piramesse), Eastern Delta, Egypt. Credit: Purchase, Rogers Fund, Edward S. Harkness Gift and by exchange, 1922, 1929, 1935.

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.

The image shows a small, curved carved fragment with closely packed rounded ridges resembling molded/pressed hair, consistent with a wig component.

The object is a cream-colored, porous material fragment in the shape of part of a wig cap or hair mass. Its surface is dominated by regularly spaced, bulbous/rounded vertical ridges that run lengthwise, creating a ribbed “hair” texture. The fragment is broken along edges on both sides and at the bottom, with no visible facial features, heads, or supporting figure elements. No pigments, gilding, or clear inlaid decoration can be confidently identified from the provided view. No hieroglyphic, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible on the fragment. No cartouches or royal names, and no deities are depicted in the photograph.

decorative New Kingdom, Ramesside (catalogue ground truth; cannot be confirmed from image alone) fragmentary
Materials unknown porous/stony material (consistent with faience per catalogue; color may indicate fired ceramic)

Connections

Found at Qantir (Piramesse)

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116416295 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 35.1.141 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 549986 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.
  • 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.