Leiden RMO — Egyptian collection · statue

Statue (bone)

Source of record: Leiden RMO — Egyptian collection — catalogued by the holding institution. View the original record →

Description

Afdeling: Egypte en Nubië Herkomst: 1934 | Dhr. F.W. von Bissing Verwerving: schenking 1934 februari Cultuur: Egyptisch

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.

Fragmentary light-colored stone sculptural/inscribed object photographed against a neutral background, showing carved recessed lines on one face.

The image shows a broken, irregular fragment of pale stone (likely limestone/“kalksteen”) with at least two planes of worked surface. One side contains shallow carved/recessed linear elements that could be part of an inscription or relief, but the full composition is not preserved. No clearly legible hieroglyphs, cartouches, or figures can be confirmed from the visible fragment. The underside/base area includes a dark handwritten or stamped inventory marking (appears like “F1934 2?”), but it is not Egyptian text. No Greek/Coptic/Arabic script is visible. The overall condition is poor/fragmentary due to missing portions, limiting identification beyond material and that there are carved marks.

unclear Middenrijk (Middle Kingdom) — per catalogue; image insufficient for independent verification fragmentary
Materials light-colored stone (likely limestone/kalksteen)
Signs unknown carved linear/recessed motifs (inscription/relief not legible) ×3

Connections

Found at Thebes

Cross-references (3)

  • Leiden-Accession F 1934/2.26 tier-2
  • Leiden-Handle 2 tier-2
  • Leiden-TMS-ID 2 tier-2
About this record's data
  • From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Leiden RMO — Egyptian collection.
  • 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.