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

Statue of Seti I

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Description

New Kingdom, Ramesside, Dynasty 19, reign of Seti I, ca. 1294–1279 B.C. Granodiorite. H. 114.5 × W. 37 × D. 76 cm (45 1/16 × 14 9/16 × 29 15/16 in.). Made for: Abydos, Northern Upper Egypt. Subject: Kings. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1922.

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 seated/standing Egyptian statue fragment depicts a male figure in a kilt, wearing a tripartite wig and a broad nemes-style headdress with a stylized facial expression.

The image shows the upper torso and lower body of an Egyptian royal statue. The figure wears a tripartite wig/headdress (nemes-like stripes) with prominent ear ornaments and a broad collar. A kilt with pleated front paneling covers the waist; the arms are held close to the body (the hands appear at the front), and a pedestal/base is visible. The back/side surfaces include shallow carved striping consistent with the headdress treatment and headband. No clearly legible cartouche or royal inscription is visible in the provided view, and there is no Greek/Coptic/Arabic text. The material appears dark gray/black stone with a polished/abraded surface, consistent with the museum-catalogued granodiorite, but exact stone identification cannot be confirmed from image alone.

royal New Kingdom (Ramesside), 19th Dynasty (Seti I era), though this is not directly confirmable from legible inscriptions in the image. fragmentary
Materials dark gray/black stone (granodiorite per catalogue)

Connections

Found at Abydos
Royals Seti I

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116413661 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 22.2.21 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 544765 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.