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

Haremhab as a Scribe of the King

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Description

Granodiorite

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 man holding an open papyrus scroll.

The statue depicts a seated individual with a notable wig and detailed features, holding an open papyrus scroll across the lap. The sculpture is intricately carved, suggesting high craftsmanship, and appears to be made of dark stone. The base of the statue includes inscriptions in hieroglyphs.

royal New Kingdom good
Materials stone

Connections

Found at Memphis
Materials Stone

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q5848865 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 23.10.1 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 544692 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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  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.