Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Statue of a courtier Ihy Old KingdomSaqqara
Description
Statue, courtier. Old Kingdom, Dynasty 6-8, Pepi II at earliest, ca. 2200–2100 B.C. Wood. H. 100 cm (39 3/8 in.). From: Djoser Pyramid precinct, near, Ptolemaic tomb, cache of statues of Ihy, Saqqara, Memphite Region, Egypt. Excavation: SAE Excavations. Subject: Men. Credit: Gift of Edward S. Harkness, 1927.
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116275132 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 27.9.4 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 548490 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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