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Male Head and Bust

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Description

<p>This male head and bust are sculpted in the round. The man wears a long wig, an under garment drawn in lines and fastened on his left shoulder, and a skirt knotted about his chest. His right arm and shoulder are broken off, and the piece is broken at the waist. There is an inscription on the stele at back.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/22.397' rel='external'>Male Head and Bust</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 seated or standing male head and bust sculpture in dark stone, shown from the front and placed on a rectangular base block.

The image shows a dark, polished stone bust with a male face and thick, simplified modeling. The figure wears a close-fitting wig or head covering that frames the ears; the beard and facial features are carved in low relief. The upper torso is visible with a broad collar-like garment or striated band across the chest and a wrapped/pleated element below. The sculpture is photographed against a plain background and mounted atop a rectangular base block. No clearly legible hieroglyphs or other scripts are visible on the bust or base at this resolution; there are no identifiable cartouches or royal inscriptions. No deities are explicitly depicted, and no specific royal name can be confirmed from the visible details.

royal unknown good
Materials black stone (consistent with black granite)

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1

English description

[On the rear column] The revered before the great god, Imhotep (Imuthes), son of Ptah ... son of Pede-Hor, the blessed, born of the lady Tede-Usire (Tetosiris)

Cross-references (2)

  • Walters-AccNum 22.397 tier-2
  • Walters-id 26842 tier-2

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