Kneeling Statuette of Pepy I
Description
Object Label: This statuette depicts King Pepy I kneeling and offering nu-pots, ritual vessels that held milk or wine. A king would kneel only before a god, so this statuette must have been placed before the statue of a deity in a temple. Inlaid eyes of black and white stone set in copper rims enhance the finely carved figure. The hole above Pepy’s forehead originally held a uraeus-cobra, probably metal, signifying royalty. Caption: Kneeling Statuette of Pepy I, ca. 2338–2298 B.C.E.. Greywacke (sandstone), Egyptian alabaster (calcite), obsidian, coppe, 6 × 2 3/8 × 3 5/8 in. (15.2 × 6 × 9.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 39.121. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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 kneeling statue of an ancient Egyptian figure, likely a pharaoh or deity.
The artifact is a granite statue depicting a kneeling individual wearing a nemes headdress, which typically signifies royalty or divinity. The figure's posture and attire suggest a ceremonial or devotional function. Notable features include finely carved musculature and well-detailed facial features, representative of Egyptian stonework aimed at immortality and divine likeness.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 39.121 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3448 tier-2
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
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