Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue

Upper Half of a Woman from a Pair Statue

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Description

New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Thutmose I–Thutmose III, ca. 1504–1425 B.C. Sandstone, paint. H. 43.4 cm (17 1/16 in); w. 25.5 cm (10 1/16 in); d. 22.8 cm (9 in). Said to be from: Dra Abu el-Naga, Upper Egypt, Thebes. Subject: Women. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1913.

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.

Photograph of the upper half of a painted sandstone female statue head and shoulders wearing a hooded headdress and stylized wig.

The image shows a stone figure from the upper torso upward: a smooth, rounded head with almond-shaped eyes, arched brows, and a straight nose; the lips are closed and the expression is calm. The figure wears a hooded headdress (or headscarf) that frames the face and extends down the sides, with a painted line suggesting hair/wig strands along the lower edge. The neck and upper chest area are visible, with traces of paint and possible incised or molded details around the collar/neck region. The object is broken and incomplete below the shoulders, consistent with an “upper half” sculpture. No readable carved inscriptions or Greek/Coptic/Arabic text are visible in the provided view. No cartouche or royal titulary can be identified with confidence.

royal New Kingdom (as catalogued) fragmentary
Materials sandstonepaint

Connections

Found at Dra Abu el-Naga
Materials PaintSandstone

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116245386 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 13.182.1b tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 553770 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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