Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Colossal Seated Statue of Amenhotep III, reworked, reinscribed by Merneptah
Description
Porphyritic diorite
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 featuring hieroglyphic inscriptions.
The artifact is a stone statue depicting a pharaoh seated on a throne. The pharaoh wears a nemes headdress and false beard, indicating royalty. The statue is adorned with various hieroglyphic inscriptions on the kilt, throne, and sides, characteristic of New Kingdom craftsmanship. It displays detailed carving with smooth surfaces and defined features.
royal
New Kingdom
excellent
Materials
stone
Signs
ankh ×3
was ×2
Visible text
"null"
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116247768 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 22.5.2 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544480 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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- 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.
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