Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · statue

Seated Statue of Imhotep

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Description

Caption: Seated Statue of Imhotep, 664–332 B.C.E.. Limestone, 13 3/8 x 8 x 12 13/16 in. (34 x 20.3 x 32.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1356E. (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 stone artifact featuring a lion-headed deity with inscribed elements.

The artifact is a carved stone object representing a throne with a lion-headed deity's figure, possibly representing a goddess or protective figure. Notable features include a stylized lion head, forepaws, and a back surface with hieroglyphs or decorative patterns. The craftsmanship suggests careful attention to both symbolic and aesthetic qualities, typical of religious or protective artifacts.

religious unknown good
Materials limestone

Connections

Found at Giza
Materials Limestone

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 37.1356E tier-2
  • BKM-Object 117908 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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  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.