Head of a king as Khepri, possibly Ptolemy VI Philometor

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.

Limestone sculpted human head rendered in a deity-like guise, with a treatment suggesting a scarab/ Khepri association per the catalogue identification, though no clear inscriptions are readable.

The image shows a roughly carved limestone head with forward-facing facial features and a smooth, simplified surface. The headdress/adjacent elements around the sides and back are stylized; a horizontal band crosses near the base of the head, and small carved wedge-like forms appear at the lower corners, consistent with iconographic conventions but not definitively diagnostic from this single view. The forehead and cheeks show shallow worn areas and scattered traces consistent with residual paint. The eyes are carved as shallow recessed shapes; the nose and mouth are simplified. No legible hieroglyphic text, cartouches, or Greek/Coptic/Arabic inscriptions are visible on the face or surrounding surfaces. Overall condition appears worn but intact enough to identify as a sculptural head.