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Statuette of Lady Kemtet

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Description

Statuette, Lady Kemtet. Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, mid–late, ca. 1900–1802 B.C. Painted wood. H. 19 × W. 6.5 × D. 12 cm (7 1/2 × 2 9/16 × 4 3/4 in.). From: Cemetery B, Tomb 262, Haraga, Fayum Entrance Area, Egypt. Excavation: BSAE excavations 1913-1914. Subject: Women. Credit: Gift of The Egyptian Research Account and British School of Archaeology in Egypt, 1915.

The same text in other collections

Linked by shared inventory number (MET-Object 544167). Each record below describes this same artifact or text from a different angle.

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.

A small, human-form Egyptian female statuette with a tripartite wig and a plain, stylized face, standing on a rectangular base.

The image shows a standing female figure in a tightly modeled, nude or minimally dressed sculptural form. The head is topped with a light-colored, tripartite wig (distinct horizontal divisions) and a simplified face with downcast or neutral eyes and a small mouth. The figure’s arms hang straight at the sides with hands close to the legs. The statuette stands on a rectangular, weathered base. The object surface appears light brown/tan with areas of abrasion; a painted surface is suggested by the lighter head/wig coloration, though no crisp pigment remains are clearly distinguishable at this resolution. No readable hieroglyphs or inscriptions are visible on the base or body in the provided view, and no cartouches or royal names are apparent. The background is plain studio lighting, emphasizing the statuette’s silhouette and the base’s damage/cracking.

royal Middle Kingdom (per catalogue ground truth; image does not provide diagnostic dating features) poor
Materials painted wood (suggested by light-colored wig/head area but not definitively confirmable from the image)

Connections

Found at Haraga

Cross-references (5)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116249137 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 15.4.1 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 544167 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • PNM-Object pnm:83889201 tier-2 (inventory-match)
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.