Goddess Seshat
Description
Object Label: Seshat, whose name means “female scribe,” was the goddess of writing and record keeping. She was believed to have responsibility for recording regnal years and maintaining the House of Life, an archive containing Egypt’s sacred books. This fragment—found at the Pyramid Temple of Senwosret I—was copied from a relief carved at least three hundred years earlier for Pepy II, the last great ruler of the Old Kingdom. Catalogue description: Culture Egyptian Caption: Egyptian. Goddess Seshat, ca. 1919–1875 B.C.E.. Limestone, 20 11/16 x 23 1/4 in. (52.5 x 59 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 52.129. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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 fragment of an ancient Egyptian relief showing a seated figure with hieroglyphic inscriptions.
The artifact is a limestone relief fragment depicting a seated figure, likely a scribe, facing right. The composition includes several hieroglyphic inscriptions around the figure, with notable elements like an ankh symbol and other traditional Egyptian motifs. The style is characteristic of the attention to detail and symbolic representation found in many Egyptian reliefs.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 52.129 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3576 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.
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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