Walters Art Museum (Egyptian) · statue

Head of a Man

Source of record: Walters Art Museum (Egyptian) — catalogued by the holding institution. View the original record →

Description

<p>This head is carved in the round. It is broken off below the neck. The man's hair is in rows of rectangles. His ears are carved.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/22.361' rel='external'>Head of a Man</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>

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 a carved human head in dark stone, shown front-facing with short, tightly curled hair and stylized facial features.

The image depicts a close, centered view of a male head carved in a dark, polished stone. The head is shown without a visible torso, resting atop a rectangular stone block. The man’s hair appears in short, dense, tightly curled or incised curls covering the top and sides, with a natural-looking hairline at the forehead. The facial features are rendered in low relief: heavy-lidded eyes with a defined brow, a straight nose, and a neutral mouth. The cheeks and chin show smoothing and slight abrasion consistent with age or handling. No clear inscriptions, cartouches, or hieroglyphic signs are visible on the head or the pedestal/block in this photograph. No modern or painted text (Greek/Coptic/Arabic) is visible.

royal unknown good
Materials black granite (catalogue ground truth)

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1

English description

[Number] On old label: B 270

Cross-references (2)

  • Walters-AccNum 22.361 tier-2
  • Walters-id 5630 tier-2
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  • From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Walters Art Museum (Egyptian).
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