Walters Art Museum (Egyptian) · statue

Sculptor's Model with Fragment of a Figural Scene

Source of record: Walters Art Museum (Egyptian) — catalogued by the holding institution. View the original record →

Description

<p>The authenticity of this piece has been questioned.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/22.453' rel='external'>Sculptor's Model with Fragment of a Figural Scene</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>

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 roughly triangular piece of carved stone showing a partial hieroglyphic text and faint traces of a figural scene in relief.

The image depicts a light-colored, triangular stone fragment with one side bearing a vertically oriented rectangular cartouche-like frame containing several lines of hieroglyphs (partially worn). Elsewhere on the surface, additional isolated carved signs appear, including one small arched/loop-like element near the upper right and a few scattered forms. In the lower portion, there is a larger, more worn relief suggesting parts of a standing or seated human figure (limb/torso contours) but details are too eroded to securely identify specific iconography. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible. The object’s edges and overall finish suggest it is broken from a larger carved model or relief fragment.

unclear unclear (likely New Kingdom to Late Period based on hieroglyphic style, but not certain) fragmentary
Materials stone
Signs cartouche/frame with hieroglyphs (partial) ×6
Visible text "Partial hieroglyphs within a framed/rectangular register; individual signs are too eroded to reliably transcribe."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Partial hieroglyphs within a framed/rectangular register; individual signs are too eroded to reliably transcribe.

Connections

Materials Stone

Cross-references (2)

  • Walters-AccNum 22.453 tier-2
  • Walters-id 137 tier-2
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  • From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Walters Art Museum (Egyptian).
  • 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.