Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Male squatting figure of Wekhaher (wh' Hr ?)
Description
Limestone
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 limestone statue of a seated figure with crossed arms.
The artifact is a limestone statue depicting a seated figure, styled in a simplified form with rounded contours. The figure is wrapped, with one arm crossed over the chest, indicative of a serene or contemplative posture, commonly found in ancient Egyptian art. The head is finely carved, with clear details around the eyes and mouth. The execution reflects a skilled artisan's work possibly during a period focused on funerary practices.
funerary
Middle Kingdom
good
Materials
limestone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116280933 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 15.3.226 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546659 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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- 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.
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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.