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

Padimahes

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Accession: 64.146
Find spot: Taremou (Leontopolis), Egypt, Egypt
Period: Third Intermediate Period to Late Period
Dynasty: late Dynasty 25 to early Dynasty 26
Date: ca. 760–525 B.C.E.
Date range: 760 BCE – 525 BCE
Materials: ['Granodiorite with feldspar phenocrystals']
Repository: Brooklyn Museum
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Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Padimahes (64.146). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/18883

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Description

Object Label: Block statues show their subject seated on the ground with knees drawn up to the chest, resulting in a block-like form. Placed on the floor of a temple, block statues represented their owners with the head slightly tilted upwards, as if observing all temple rites and processions. Depicted this way, the priest Padimahes could eternally partake in the rituals performed for the gods. While a cloak envelops his legs and torso, his carefully modeled arms and feet remain uncovered—a somewhat unusual feature in statues of this type. Catalogue description: Culture Egyptian Caption: Egyptian. Padimahes, ca. 760–525 B.C.E.. Granodiorite with feldspar phenocrystals, 18 1/4 x 8 11/16 x 12 5/8 in., 115 lb. (46.3 x 22 x 32.1 cm, 52.16kg). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 64.146. (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.

Statue of a seated figure with hieroglyphic inscriptions.

The artifact is a statue depicting a seated individual with arms crossed on the knees. The statue is made of a dark stone, possibly granite or basalt, and features vertical and horizontal rows of hieroglyphics on the front. The style is characteristic of Egyptian monumental sculpture, with a focus on the figure's dignified posture and detailed inscriptions.

funerary New Kingdom good

Materials granite

Signs ankh ×2

Connections

Materials Granite

Cross-references (2)

BKM-Accession 64.146 tier-2
BKM-Object 3725 tier-2

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