Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Man with a Shaved Head
Description
Possibly red quartzite or basalt
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 sculpted head of an Egyptian official or elite individual.
The artifact is a carved stone head depicting an ancient Egyptian figure, possibly representing an official or a person of high rank. The sculpture exhibits detailed facial features, characteristic of Egyptian portraiture, with smooth contours and a polished surface. The head is mounted on a red stone base, suggesting it might be displayed in a modern setting.
royal
Middle Kingdom
excellent
Materials
stone
Connections
Materials
Stone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116389572 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 2021.41.154 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 329935 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.