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Head of Ptah

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Description

New Kingdom or later, ca. 1550–1000 B.C. (?). Faience. H. 3.5 × W. 3 × D. 3.2 cm (1 3/8 × 1 3/16 × 1 1/4 in.). From: Egypt. Credit: Bequest of Nanette B. Kelekian, 2020.

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.

A small turquoise-green glazed head with a bald crown, modeled facial features, and a short neck, presented against a dark background on a rectangular base.

The image shows a miniature Egyptian-style head sculpture with a smooth, bald scalp. The face has painted-in or incised details for the eyes and eyebrows, with a straight nose and a neutral mouth. The ears are indicated, and the neck is short and fitted to a small upper mounting. The head appears coated in a turquoise/green glaze or pigment, suggesting a faience or glazed composition. The object stands on a rectangular reddish-brown base that looks like mounting material rather than the original artifact. No clear hieroglyphs, cartouches, or any Greek/Coptic/Arabic text are visible on the head or base in this view. No other identifying inscriptions or attributes (e.g., a specific crown, divine symbols) are clearly legible, so the association with Ptah cannot be verified visually from text or definitive iconographic markers in this image alone.

royal New Kingdom or later (per catalogue; exact phase unclear from image) good
Deities Ptah
Materials glazed faience (turquoise/green surface appearance)stone or resin mounting base (reddish-brown)

Connections

Deities Ptah

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)
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.