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The Nile God Hapy

Walters Art Museum (Egyptian), acc. 54.2135. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

Accession: 54.2135
Dynasty: 25th-26th Dynasty
Date: ca. 747-525 BCE (Third Intermediate Period-Late Period, 25th-26th dynasty)
Date range: 747 BCE – 525 BCE
Materials: ['copper alloy']
Repository: Walters Art Museum
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Walters Art Museum (Egyptian), The Nile God Hapy (54.2135). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/220301

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Description

<p>This plaque originally functioned as a decorative element that may have covered the door or lower part of a wooden shrine. It displays an image of the Nile god Hapy with an offering table in his arms. Hapy represented the Nile River and its fertilizing inundation. Hapy wears a crown of papyrus buds and blossoms, a collar, a divine beard, armlets and a narrow girdle with three ends in front, the characteristic costume of this god. The offering table has two water jars and two lotus plants, with more lotuses hanging from Hapy's left arm. A royal cartouche crowned with plumes and a sun-disk is in front of the legs of the god, but it is empty and does not contain the name of a king.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2135' rel='external'>The Nile God Hapy</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.

Bronze/copper-alloy standing male figure in Egyptian style, holding a broad, column-like element; the headdress and pose resemble a deity associated with abundance.

The image shows a dark metal statuette of an Egyptian male deity-like figure standing upright on a rectangular base. The figure wears a stylized nemes-style headdress and appears to hold or present an object that resembles a stylized column or bundle behind/around him. The left side of the composition includes prominent vertical, rib-like forms that may represent papyrus/bundle motifs associated with Nile/regional symbolism. The face is in profile, with a defined nose and beard-like chin/mentum elements indicated by raised metal. No legible carved inscriptions are visible on the figure or base at the provided resolution. Overall surface wear and corrosion/patina are visible, including chipped areas and a mottled dark-to-reddish/greenish patina consistent with long-term oxidation of a copper alloy.

religious Ancient Egyptian (exact period unclear; likely Late Period to Ptolemaic-Roman based on general style and metal statuette form—uncertain). poor

Deities Hapy

Materials copper alloy (bronze)patina/corrosion (dark surface with reddish/greenish areas)

Connections

Deities Hapi

Materials Copper Alloy

Cross-references (2)

Walters-AccNum 54.2135 tier-2
Walters-id 26826 tier-2

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