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Statue of Irj-aa

Walters Art Museum (Egyptian), acc. 22.141. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 22.141
Dynasty: 25th Dynasty
Date: ca. 750-664 BCE (Third Intermediate Period)
Date range: 750 BCE – 664 BCE
Materials: ['black granite']
Repository: Walters Art Museum
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Walters Art Museum (Egyptian), Statue of Irj-aa (22.141). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/220781

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Description

<p>Most non-royal statues of the 25th Dynasty were dedicated in temples during the owner's lifetime. They also served a funerary function, perpetuating the donor's name. Offerings continued to be made to the statue long after the owner's death. Irj-aa, a priest of Amen, is shown wearing a double wig, a style fashionable in the New Kingdom. The statue type and wig demonstrate how 25th Dynasty artists drew on earlier periods for inspiration. On the left side of the body is a carving of Irj-aa adoring the Osiris symbol of Abydos, the god's burial place.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/22.141' rel='external'>Statue of Irj-aa</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.

Front view of a small seated or kneeling Egyptian stone statue with an inscribed register of hieroglyphs across the torso and base.

The image shows a dark, polished stone statue with a human head and shoulders. The head is capped by a rounded head covering or wig and the figure’s face is rendered in low relief. Across the broad front surfaces of the torso and down toward the pedestal are multiple horizontal lines of incised hieroglyphic text in gold-toned contrast. A broad band-like element runs near the midsection, and an additional rectangular/ornamental panel appears on the lower portion of the front. No clearly legible cartouches or royal names can be confirmed from the provided resolution; the hieroglyphs appear to be non-cartouche inscription lines rather than a single enclosed royal protocol form. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible.

religious unclear (likely Late Period to Ptolemaic or earlier; cannot be determined from the image alone) good

Deities unknown

Royals unknown

Materials dark stone (catalogue states black granite)polished surface with incised hieroglyphs (possibly pigment/metallic contrast)

Signs multiple lines of incised hieroglyphs (exact signs illegible at this resolution) ×50

Visible text "Hieroglyphic text in several registers on the front; individual words not reliably readable from the image resolution."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Hieroglyphic text in several registers on the front; individual words not reliably readable from the image resolution.

Connections

Deities Amun Osiris

Cross-references (2)

Walters-AccNum 22.141 tier-2
Walters-id 27993 tier-2

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