Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Statue of Anubis as a recumbent canid North Saqqara
Description
Statuette, Anubis Recumbent. End of Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 343–30 BCE. Limestone, originally painted black. L. 64 × W. 16.5 × H. 38.1 cm, 20 kg (25 3/16 × 6 1/2 × 15 in., 44 lb.). From: Sacred Animal Necropolis, Temple deposit, North Saqqara, Memphite Region, Egypt. Excavation: EES excavations 1966–67. Subject: Anubis. Credit: Adelaide Milton de Groot Fund, in memory of the de Groot and Hawley families, 1969.
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116251879 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 69.105 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544075 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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