Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Colossal Seated Statue of Amenhotep III, reworked, reinscribed by Merneptah New KingdomLuxor (el-Uqsur)
Description
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III, ca. 1390–1352 B.C. Porphyritic diorite. H. 228 cm (89 3/4 in) W. of base 58.4 cm (23 in); d. 123.2 cm (48 1/2 in) Weight 2766.9 kg (6100 lbs). From: Luxor Temple, Eastern Portal, Luxor (el-Uqsur), Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Subject: Men. Credit: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, by exchange, 1922.
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.
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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