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

Statuette of the Child Amenemhab

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Description

New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, early, reign of Ahmose I–Thutmose II, ca. 1550–1479 B.C. Bronze, separate silver lotus, wood base with pigmented inlays. h. 13 cm (5 1/8 in); w. 4.9 cm (1 15/16 in); d. 9 cm (3 9/16 in). From: Tomb CC 37, Hall (C), burial 24, inside coffin, Asasif, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: Carnarvon/Carter excavations, 1911. Subject: Boys, Male Nudes, Lotuses. Credit: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926.

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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 statuette of a nude child standing with one arm raised to the chest, mounted on a rectangular dark wooden base with orange and dark painted zones.

The image shows a small bronze figure with a shaved/bald head and simplified facial features, standing upright with legs together. The left arm appears bent, with the hand placed near the chest/upper torso; the right arm hangs down along the side. The body is rendered with minimal detail; the genitals are indicated schematically. The figure is attached to a rectangular block base that is predominantly dark (black or very dark brown) with visible horizontal bands and orange/red painted decoration along the top and sides. No clear separate silver lotus element is visible in this photograph. The lighting and resolution do not make any bronze surface inscriptions or attached metal elements clearly identifiable. No hieroglyphic, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is legible on the statue or base from this view.

religious New Kingdom (per catalogue ground truth; visually consistent with a bronze votive/amuletic child statuette but specifics cannot be confirmed from this image alone) good
Materials bronze (statuette body)wood (rectangular base)painted inlays/pigmentation on base (orange/red and dark zones)

Connections

Found at Asasif
Materials WoodBronze

Cross-references (5)

  • Wikidata-Q Q29385792 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 26.7.1413a, b tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 544451 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • PNM-Object pnm:83911691 tier-2 (inventory-match)
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