Crown Prince Khaemwaset
Description
Object Label: Khaemwaset, the fourth son of the pharaoh Ramesses II, is known as the first Egyptologist because he studied and restored ancient monuments, including pyramids, built more than a thousand years earlier. The large size and exquisite detailing of this statue emphasize the prominent position of Khaemwaset. The exclusively royal wave pattern on the belt testifies to his nobility, while the superbly modeled musculature of his legs reveals youthful strength. The statue originally held an image of a god, probably Ptah, who is mentioned in the fragmentary inscription. The text also provides Khaemwaset’s titles: hereditary prince, king’s son, sem-priest, chief directing artisans. Caption: Crown Prince Khaemwaset, ca. 1279–1213 B.C.E.. Granodiorite, 28 × 16 × 20 in., 585 lb. (71.1 × 40.6 × 50.8 cm, 265.35kg). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 36.615. (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 dark stone fragment carved in relief with borders and multiple columns of hieroglyphic text.
The image shows a roughly triangular, broken object made of dark, fine-grained stone. A vertical left face contains tightly carved hieroglyphs arranged in multiple stacked lines; additional decorative banding and incised patterning appear along the upper edge and across a curved surface. The main central area is concave/planar, with shallow striations or incised grooves running in a fan-like or parallel manner. No clearly legible individual signs or cartouches are discernible at this resolution, though the presence and layout indicate an inscribed/inscription-bearing artifact rather than an image-based depiction. No deities or human figures are visible. No Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 36.615 tier-2
- BKM-Object 46579 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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