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Lion Subduing a Prince of Kush

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Description

New Kingdom, Ramesside, Dynasty 19, reign of Ramesses II, ca. 1279–1213 B.C. Faience. H. 70 × W. 28 × D. 22 cm, 31.7 kg (27 9/16 × 11 × 8 11/16 in., 69.8 lb.). From: Palace of Ramesses II, Qantir (Piramesse), Eastern Delta, Egypt. Credit: Purchase, Rogers Fund, Edward S. Harkness Gift and by exchange, 1922, 1929, 1935.

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.

A small carved figure depicts a lion-like animal supporting or subduing a kneeling human figure wearing a head covering and garment, consistent with a “Lion Subduing a Prince of Kush” scene.

The artifact is shown as a standing lion-headed form with open mouth and a prominent mane rendered in relief along the shoulders and back. In front of the lion’s body stands a human figure kneeling or constrained upright, with a rounded head/face and a covering or wig-like element. The human wears a fitted garment with a belt and has arms held close to the body, hands indicated in carved relief. Behind and around the human’s torso there appear to be traces of colored surface decoration (greenish/blue and red-brown areas) and light scoring/inscription-like marks, but the image resolution does not permit confident reading of any specific hieroglyphic text. No clearly legible royal cartouche, names, or deities are discernible. The object appears to be a glazed/colored ceramic work (faience per catalogue), though the exact glaze thickness and body color are difficult to confirm from the photograph alone.

royal New Kingdom, Ramesside period (per catalogue ground truth); exact date unclear from image. fragmentary
Materials faience or glazed ceramic (greenish/blue remnants visible)pigment/paint traces (red-brown and greenish)
Signs Unclear painted/incised marks on the kneeling figure’s torso (possible hieroglyphic or decorative layout)

Connections

Found at Qantir (Piramesse)

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116389546 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 35.1.23 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 544760 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.