Kneeling Statuette of King Necho
Description
Object Label: This sculpture probably belonged to a group showing the king presenting an offering to a god. The inscription indicates that the royal figure was King Necho. Two Saite rulers had this name, the little-known Necho I and the more celebrated Necho II in whose reign the Egyptians circumnavigated Africa and attempted to link the Mediterranean and Red seas with a canal. Which Necho is represented is not known. Caption: Kneeling Statuette of King Necho, ca. 610–595 B.C.E.. Bronze, 5 1/2 x 2 1/4 x 2 3/4in. (14 x 5.7 x 7cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 71.11. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06
Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A small statue of a kneeling male figure wearing a nemes headdress.
The artifact is a small, kneeling statue of a male figure, depicted with a nemes headdress commonly associated with pharaohs. The statue showcases detailed carving of the headdress and a stylized interpretation of the human form typical of Egyptian art. The material appears to be a dark stone, possibly bronze or a similar metal, suggesting durability and significance in representation.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 71.11 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3798 tier-2
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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