Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue

Seated Statue of Hatshepsut

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Description

Indurated limestone, paint

AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06

Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

A seated statue of a pharaoh.

The artifact is a finely crafted limestone statue depicting a pharaoh seated on a throne. The statue exhibits traditional Egyptian style with detailed carving of the headdress and kilt. Hieroglyphic inscriptions are visible on the sides of the throne, characteristic of royal depictions.

royal New Kingdom good
Materials limestone

Connections

Royals Hatshepsut
Materials Limestone

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q29385790 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 29.3.2 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 544450 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
About this record's data
  • From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
  • 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.