Child god in nemes and hemhem
Description
Statuette, child god. Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 664–30 B.C. Cupreous metal. H. 11.8 cm (4 5/8 in.); W. 3.5 cm (1 3/8 in.); D. 5.4 cm (2 1/8 in.). From: Egypt. Credit: Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915.
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.
Small standing divine figure wearing a striped nemes-style headdress and holding a long horizontal staff or emblem, shown in dark green/bronze patinated metal.
The image shows a small Egyptian-style statue of a child god, standing frontally on a modern rectangular base. The figure has a striped nemes-style headdress with multiple vertical/striped elements and a raised “crown” form at the top. The arms hang by the sides; the left side (viewer’s right) appears to include a raised hand/arm element. At the head/upper torso there are curved, projecting elements resembling the hemhem sign (or adjacent ornamental/attribute forms), but the exact hemhem identification is not fully verifiable from the photo. The body is modeled in a simplified, youthful form with a skirt-like garment or minimal lower-body decoration. No legible hieroglyphic inscription, cartouche, or Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible on the statue or base in this view.
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