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Kneeling Statue of Nesbanebdjedet

Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, acc. 37.344E. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 37.344E
Find spot: Giza, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Third Intermediate Period to Late Period
Dynasty: late Dynasty 22 to early Dynasty 24
Date: ca. 755–730 B.C.E.
Date range: 755 BCE – 730 BCE
Materials: ['Faience']
Height: 13.6 cm
Width: 4.8 cm
Repository: Brooklyn Museum
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Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Kneeling Statue of Nesbanebdjedet (37.344E). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/18872

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Object Label: Nesbanebdjedet was one of several Libyans contending for rule in Egypt from the end of Dynasty XXII to Dynasty XXIV. He seems to have had an exaggerated sense of his own power. The hieroglyphic text on the base uses phraseology normally applied only to kings, and the kneeling attitude is usually reserved for royal representations. Caption: Kneeling Statue of Nesbanebdjedet, ca. 755–730 B.C.E.. Faience, 5 3/8 x 1 7/8 x 3 1/4 in. (13.6 x 4.8 x 8.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.344E. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

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.

A small kneeling human figure statue on a rectangular base, shown frontally with hands held forward and a decorated kilt.

The image depicts a kneeling seated/half-kneeling statue of an individual, photographed against a light background. The figure’s legs are bent with feet forward; both arms extend toward the front where the hands hold small cylindrical/stacked objects (or offerings) that resemble lotus buds or vessels. The torso is bare, with simplified facial features and dark-painted inlays or marks for the eyes and mouth. The kilt is rendered with incised/striped paneling. The rectangular plinth bears an inscription with multiple hieroglyph signs in dark pigment/engraving; the sign group is bounded by lines and arranged in two or more horizontal rows. No clear Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible. The material appears light-colored with patchy weathering and an overall glaze-like surface consistent with faience, though the exact sheen is limited by image resolution.

daily life Third Intermediate Period to Late Period (per catalogue); style appears consistent with late kneeling statues but cannot be securely verified from the image alone. good

Materials Faience (glazed surface; light-colored with weathering)

Signs User cannot be determined from image resolution ×10

Visible text "Inscription on the rectangular base in dark painted/engraved hieroglyphs; specific transliteration not reliably legible from this image."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Inscription on the rectangular base in dark painted/engraved hieroglyphs; specific transliteration not reliably legible from this image.

Connections

Found at Giza

Cross-references (2)

BKM-Accession 37.344E tier-2
BKM-Object 4025 tier-2

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