Head of a Thutmose IV or a Young Amenhotep III
Description
Listwaenite (i.e. low grade metamorphosed peridotite, found in several areas flanking the Red Sea, including Oman peninsula)
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 sculpted male royal head with a broad wig featuring a dense patterned surface and a formal facial expression, shown from the front with the chin and jawline visible.
The image shows the upper portion of a carved stone head of a male ruler. The hairstyle appears to be a nemes-style royal wig: the sides and crown are covered with a repeating circular/oval dot-like pattern. The forehead is broad; the eyes are half-lidded with carved lids and brows; the nose is straight with a defined bridge; and the lips are closed with a slight downturn at the corners. The wig meets at the lower edge above the ears, while the face is smooth compared with the heavily textured wig. A break or uneven surface is visible around the upper back/upper edge of the head. No clear hieroglyphic inscriptions, cartouches, or Greek/Coptic/Arabic text are visible on the provided view.
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.