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

Statue of Wepwawet and Isis-Hathor

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Description

Limestone

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 statue of two Egyptian deities with hieroglyphic inscriptions.

The artifact features a standing pair of deities, likely including Hathor on the left, recognizable by the headdress, and possibly a pharaoh or other deity on the right. The composition is balanced, with detailed carving and a backing stela adorned with hieroglyphs. The figures hold traditional symbols and wear classic Egyptian attire.

religious New Kingdom good
Deities Hathor
Materials limestone
Signs reed leaf ×2 basket

Connections

Deities IsisHathor
Materials Limestone

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116247255 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 17.2.5 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 544742 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.