Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue

Statuette of Osiris with the epithets Neb Ankh and Khentyimentiu, donated by Padihorpare

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Description

Cupreous metal, gold leaf

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 bronze statuette depicting an ancient Egyptian deity.

This artifact is a bronze statuette representing what appears to be an Egyptian deity, likely Osiris, identifiable by the traditional Atef crown and crook. The figure displays a classic frontal pose with arms crossed and clothed in a shroud. The artifact's craftsmanship suggests a focus on stylized detailing typical of Egyptian religious figurines.

religious New Kingdom excellent
Deities Osiris
Materials bronze

Connections

Deities Osiris
Materials Bronze

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116280773 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 56.16.2 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 546747 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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.
  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.