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Overseer of Weavers, Min

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Description

Object Label: The texts on this statue identify the subject as a man named Min, an overseer of weavers. The block statue, invented in the Middle Kingdom, shows a figure sitting on the ground, often enveloped in a cloak from which only his head and hands emerge. This compact form was well-suited to the heavily traveled outer rooms of temples. The broad, striated wig and the placement of the short inscription running vertically between the figure’s knees suggest that the sculptor followed a Middle Kingdom prototype. Caption: Overseer of Weavers, Min, ca. 1479–1425 B.C.E.. Green siltstone or greywacke, 9 1/4 × 4 1/2 × 6 in., 14 lb. (23.5 × 11.4 × 15.2 cm, 6.35kg). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.249E.

The same text in other collections

Linked by shared inventory number (BKM-Object 3991). Each record below describes this same artifact or text from a different angle.

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 seated/standing Egyptian stone statue fragment showing a male figure with tripartite wig and a headpiece, with a vertical column of incised hieroglyphs on the torso.

The image depicts a dark grey to dark greenish stone statuette (or fragmentary figurine) from the New Kingdom period. The figure faces forward with a stylized human face, wearing a tripartite wig or broad wig cap; both ears are visible and there is a band-like element around the top of the head. The torso bears an incised vertical hieroglyphic column in light-colored traces, though the signs are worn and partially obscured. The lower base appears chipped/broken, indicating damage and fragmentary preservation. No clear Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible. The inscription is the main readable textual element; specific sign identification is uncertain due to wear, and no legible royal cartouche is clearly identifiable from this image.

religious New Kingdom (per catalogue); image is consistent with a standing/seatless torso statuette style fragmentary
Deities Min (catalogue subject; deity not clearly identifiable in image)
Materials dark grey/green stone resembling siltstone or greywacke (catalogue)
Signs Incised hieroglyphic signs (unreadable/worn vertical column) ×12
Visible text "Vertical column of incised hieroglyphs on the left side of the torso; too worn/obscured to transcribe confidently."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Vertical column of incised hieroglyphs on the left side of the torso; too worn/obscured to transcribe confidently.

Connections

Found at Thebes
Deities Min

Cross-references (3)

  • BKM-Accession 37.249E tier-2
  • BKM-Object 3991 tier-2
  • PNM-Object pnm:83910299 tier-2 (inventory-match)
About this record's data
  • 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.
  • Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.