Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Kneeling statuette of King Amasis
Description
Bronze, precious metal inlay and leaf
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 kneeling figure holding ritual vessels.
The artifact depicts a kneeling figure, likely a pharaoh or deity, holding a small pot and cup. The figure is adorned with a nemes headdress indicative of royalty. The style is typical of Egyptian bronze statuettes, with detailed facial features and a smooth patina. The composition suggests a ritual offering scene.
religious
New Kingdom
excellent
Materials
bronze
Connections
Materials
Bronze
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116246228 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 35.9.3 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544886 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.