Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · statue

Statue Base of Senetepibre-Ankh

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Description

Caption: Statue Base of Senetepibre-Ankh, ca. 1938–1759 B.C.E.. Granodiorite, 4 1/2 × 9 1/2 × 8 in., 18.5 lb. (11.4 × 24.1 × 20.3 cm, 8.39kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.87.

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 a statue base with carved feet and hieroglyphic inscriptions.

The image depicts a dark stone fragment that appears to be the base of a larger statue, featuring two intricately carved feet. Surrounding the feet are hieroglyphic inscriptions that frame the outer edges of the stone. The craftsmanship suggests careful detail, typical of ancient Egyptian sculpture. The stone's texture is rough yet polished in parts, indicative of quarrying and finishing techniques used in ancient Egypt.

hieroglyphic only New Kingdom fragmentary
Materials stone
Signs Reed ×3 Eye ×2 Ankh
Visible text "nTr nfr nb tAwy"

Connections

Found at Egypt
Materials Stone

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 16.580.87 tier-2
  • BKM-Object 9911 tier-2
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