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Block Statue of the Scribe of Divine Offerings, Tjaenwaset, son of Harsiese

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Description

Block statue, Tjaenwaset. Third Intermediate Period (Kushite)–Late Period, Dynasty 25–26, 690–610 B.C. Dolerite. h. 25 cm (9 13/16 in). From: Temple of Amun, Cachette, Karnak, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Credit: Gift of Edward S. Harkness, 1935.

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

Front-facing block statue of an Egyptian scribe, shown with a seated/standing divine figure relief above and columns of hieroglyphic text on the front face.

The artifact appears as a squat, dark stone block shaped as a standing figure with a rounded top. On the upper register/front is a relief of a human-headed figure (possibly a seated deity or a conventional protective figure) flanked by recognizable uraeus/serpent-like forms or raised elements. The main front surface is filled with tightly carved hieroglyphic signs arranged in multiple vertical columns, with at least one larger, singled-out sign/group toward the lower right area. The back/other sides are not visible in the provided image. No clear royal cartouche is legible at this resolution; the text is consistent with a non-royal offering/office inscription typical of scribe block statues. No Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible.

religious Third Intermediate Period (Kushite)–Late Period (as given by catalogue; exact sub-period unclear from image alone). good
Deities unknown (divine figure on upper register not clearly identifiable)
Materials dark stone (dolerite per catalogue)
Signs column of hieroglyphic signs (multiple unspecified vertical columns) ×60
Visible text "Hieroglyphic inscription on the front face; specific words/names not reliably readable from this image resolution."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Hieroglyphic inscription on the front face; specific words/names not reliably readable from this image resolution.

Connections

Found at Karnak

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)
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.