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Block Statue of Porter Amenemhat

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Description

Ptolemaic Period, 4th century B.C. Basalt. H. 32.1 × W. 14.6 × D. 14.3 cm (12 5/8 × 5 3/4 × 5 5/8 in.). From: Temple of Amun, Cachette, Karnak, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Subject: Hieroglyphs. Credit: Gift of Mrs. S. W. Straus, 1925.

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 dark stone block statue fragment shows a bearded male head above a rectangular torso with vertical inscription-like markings on the front.

The image depicts a standing/sitting block statue carved in a dark, glossy stone. The upper portion is a rounded, hood-like head form with incised facial features and a short-to-medium beard. Beneath the head, the torso is rectangular and smoothed, with the front carrying a tall, vertically oriented band of carved signs/lines resembling an inscription. The surrounding surfaces show wear, pitting, and weathering consistent with an ancient stone object. No clear deity iconography (e.g., specific divine attributes) is unmistakable from this single view, and no clearly readable royal name/cartouche is visible. The only textual elements appear to be Egyptian hieroglyphic-style signs or decorative inscription-like carving on the front panel; other sides are not visible.

royal Ptolemaic Period (per catalogue); iconography unclear in image good
Materials basalt (dark stone)
Signs Vertical inscription / hieroglyph-like signs (not fully legible) ×8
Visible text "An inscription-like vertical column of hieroglyphic signs is visible on the front panel, but individual signs are not clearly legible in the image resolution/lighting."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

An inscription-like vertical column of hieroglyphic signs is visible on the front panel, but individual signs are not clearly legible in the image resolution/lighting.

Connections

Found at Karnak
Materials Basalt

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116726717 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 25.184.15 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 547799 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.