Seated man
Description
Statue, seated man. Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, ca. 2575–2465 B.C. Limestone. 30 cm (11 13/16 in.). Possibly from: Elkab, Southern Upper Egypt. Subject: Men. Credit: Gift of Ernst E. Kofler, 1962.
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 limestone seated statue of a man (kneeling/seated pose) shown from the front, hands resting at the sides or thighs and feet placed forward on a rectangular base.
The image shows a small, worn stone figure of a seated/striding man depicted frontally. The torso is bare with the arms bent and hands resting near the hips/thighs. The lower legs are bent with feet forward on a simple rectangular plinth. The head is rounded with no clear headdress visible; surface details are largely eroded, and the figure is missing fine facial/body features due to age and abrasion. No clear carved hieroglyphs, cartouches, or identifying inscriptions are visible on the front in this photo. There appears to be no painted decoration; the stone has a natural, weathered patina. The ground/floor beneath the figure is not relevant to the artifact itself.
About this record's data
- 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.
- Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
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