Bust from Statue of a King
Description
Granite
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.
Stone sculptural bust showing the head and upper torso of a crowned ancient Egyptian king, with a broad beaded collar and stylized shoulder flanking elements.
The image depicts a three-quarter view of an ancient Egyptian royal bust carved in dark stone. The figure wears a nemes-style striped royal headdress over the forehead and brow; a uraeus (cobra) is visible at the center of the headdress. The face is modeled with downcast, half-closed eyes and a straight nose; the mouth is closed. The upper torso shows a wide, layered beaded collar around the neck, and large, horizontally banded shoulder/upper-arm elements that flank the chest, consistent with royal statue dress. No clearly legible hieroglyphic inscription or cartouche is visible on the displayed surfaces. No Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is present. The stone surface has minor chips and abrasion along edges, especially near the lower front and sides of the bust.
Connections
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116275444 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number X.358 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 548361 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.