WALTERS-EG
Walters Art Museum (Egyptian) · statue
Prophet of Sobek Standing Against a Pillar
Description
<p>This statuette is broken off below the knees. The man depicted has a long kilt with a fold and tie at the waist. The piece is inscribed on the rear column and on both sides.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/22.202' rel='external'>Prophet of Sobek Standing Against a Pillar</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.
Inscriptions (2)
Inscription #1
English description
[Translation] An offering that the king gives
Inscription #2
English description
[to] Sobek of Shedet and Osiris in the Lake Country that they may give mortuary offerings of bread, beer ... to the prophet of Sobek, scribe of the orders (?) of the Pharaoh, Sobek ... son of the prophet of Sobek, scribe of the orders (?) of the Pharaoh P-shere-Dhowty, son of ... [From Steindorff 1946, p. 27
Cross-references (2)
- Walters-AccNum 22.202 tier-2
- Walters-id 39196 tier-2
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