Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue

Head of a princess from a group statue

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Description

Quartzite

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.

An ancient Egyptian sculpted head of a youthful female figure, shown frontally with closed lips and stylized almond-shaped eyes.

The object is a rounded, carved stone head fragment with short, straight hair/possibly a cap or wig rendered in smooth contours. The face has arched brows, almond-shaped eyes with defined lids, and a calm, closed-mouth expression. No clear royal insignia (e.g., nemes headdress) or readable facial inscriptions are visible. The surface shows mottled wear and discoloration consistent with age and/or cleaning. The background is a neutral studio setting; a small modern support is visible beneath the fragment. No hieroglyphic, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text can be seen on the visible surfaces.

royal New Kingdom, Amarna Period (as catalogued) good
Materials stone (material type unclear from image; catalogued as quartzite)

Connections

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q29385905 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 2005.363 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 547692 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.