Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Kneeling Priest, Pouring Libation
Description
Copper alloy
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 small, seated statuette of a kneeling figure.
The artifact is a small bronze statuette depicting a kneeling figure. The figure is simplistic in design, highlighting a minimalistic style with refined yet understated features. The composition focuses on stillness and contemplation, possibly representing a worshipper or servant. The surface appears worn, indicating age, but the overall form remains intact.
unclear
unknown
good
Materials
bronze
Connections
Materials
Bronze
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116408806 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 2021.41.139 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 329919 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.