Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Block Statue of the Scribe of Divine Offerings, Tjaenwaset, son of Harsiese
Description
Dolerite
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 black stone statue with inscriptions, depicting a seated figure with hieroglyphs.
The artifact is a dark stone statue featuring a seated male figure with an emphatic gaze. Hieroglyphs are prominently carved into the surface, covering the front of the torso and the base. The inscription is detailed and carefully incised, indicating the object might have held religious or funerary significance. It reflects the artistic style typical of ancient Egyptian craftsmanship in its smooth contours and precise hieroglyphs.
funerary
Middle Kingdom
excellent
Materials
stone
Signs
ankh ×2
djed
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116389396 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 35.9.1 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546749 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.
- 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.