Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Head of Ptah
Description
Faience
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 ancient Egyptian head sculpture displayed on a red pedestal.
The image shows a sculpted head, likely made of stone or faience, mounted on a red stone pedestal. The head features detailed facial characteristics, including prominent ears and a serene expression. The style suggests careful craftsmanship, typically seen in small votive or funerary objects. The surface appears to have slight discoloration and wear, indicating age.
decorative
unknown
good
Materials
stonefaience
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116389570 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 2021.41.47 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 329945 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.
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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.