King Senwosret III
Description
Object Label: A masterpiece of Middle Kingdom royal sculpture, this statue of the Twelfth Dynasty king Senwosret III encapsulates one basic theme of this installation: the interaction between permanence and change. By the time an artist carved this piece, the seated pose had been part of Egyptian tradition for more than eight hundred years; most of the elements of the costume had been around even longer. However, the style of carving—note Senwosret’s expressive face—had been in vogue for less than a generation. Caption: King Senwosret III, ca. 1836–1818 B.C.E.. Granite, 21 7/16 x 7 1/2 x 13 11/16 in. (54.5 x 19 x 34.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 52.1. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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 dark stone standing statue of an Egyptian king wearing a nemes-style headdress and a kilt, with inscribed columns of hieroglyphs on both sides of the legs.
The image shows a front-facing full-height standing figure with a striding, formal posture. The king has a stylized facial expression and wears a nemes-like striped headdress (broad striped collar/cloth at the forehead and down the sides). A broad ceremonial collar covers the upper chest. The lower body is covered by a pleated kilt tied at the front and the figure holds both arms down at the sides (hands near the thighs). The legs rest on a rectangular plinth. On the outer surfaces of the legs/plinth area there are vertical columns containing hieroglyph-like signs; the signs appear engraved but are too small/unclear in this image to confidently transcribe. The statue is made of a dark stone with glossy highlights, consistent with the catalogue's granite attribution. No cartouche is clearly legible from the provided image resolution. No Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 52.1 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3569 tier-2
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
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