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Statue of Anubis as a recumbent canid

Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), acc. 69.105. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 69.105
Find spot: North Saqqara, Memphite Region, Egypt approx. site location
Period: End of Late Period–Ptolemaic Period
Date: 343–30 BCE
Date range: 343 BCE – 30 BCE
Materials: ['limestone', 'originally painted black']
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), Statue of Anubis as a recumbent canid (69.105). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/282

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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

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 recumbent, jackal-like (canid) statue carved in light limestone, shown in profile with the head raised and ears upright, lying on a rectangular base.

The image depicts a stone statue of a reclining canid: the body lies flat on its belly with forelegs folded forward and hindquarters tucked. The head is turned slightly to the right (viewer’s left to right), with a long snout, triangular ears, and a simplified carved face. The paws and tail area are worn/smoothed, and surface damage is visible along the edges of the body and base. The object sits on a simple rectangular plinth/base with a raised border. No clear painted black surface remains in the provided view; the statue appears largely unpainted/gray-white in color due to lighting and weathering. No legible hieroglyphic inscription, cartouche, or Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible on the statue or base in this image.

religious End of Late Period–Ptolemaic Period (as given by catalogue; exact dating from the image alone is unclear). fragmentary

Deities Anubis

Materials limestonestone

Connections

Found at Saqqara

Deities Anubis

Materials Limestone Stone

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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