Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Statuette of Khnumhotep Receiving Offerings
Description
Diorite
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.
Seated statue of an ancient Egyptian scribe.
The image depicts a statue of a seated ancient Egyptian scribe. The figure is seated cross-legged with one hand resting on the knee, symbolizing a pose associated with literacy and record-keeping. The detailed carving of the features and attire highlights typical Middle Kingdom artistry, characterized by a sense of realism and attention to detail, especially in the facial features and the dress.
royal
Middle Kingdom
excellent
Materials
stone
Connections
Materials
Stone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116249030 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 29.100.151 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544174 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.
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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.