Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue

Osiris Figure of Hatnefer with base (36.3.233)

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Description

New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III, ca. 1479–1458 B.C. Wood, paint. h. of figure only 15.5 cm (6 1/8 in). From: Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Subject: Women, Hieroglyphs. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1936 (36.3.233); Dodge Fund, 1947 (47.105.2).

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.

Two painted wooden Osiris/figure-like supports with dark wig-style head coverings and arms, shown from the front; each has a small text/inscription on the front lower section.

The image shows two separate but similar wooden figures on rectangular bases. Each figure is anthropomorphic with a black, stylized headdress/wig covering the head and extending down the sides; the faces are painted light with dark eyebrows and eyes indicated. The figures have painted details on the torso/upper body and appear to be Osiris-style mummiform figures. On the left figure, a vertical inscription is painted on the front of the upper body area; it includes a column of hieroglyphs with a central figure-like sign and smaller strokes/dots, though the full reading is unclear at this resolution. The right figure has little to no clearly legible text visible from this angle; faint signs or paint marks are present but not confidently readable. The bases are unpainted or minimally painted wood. No Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible. No cartouche is clearly readable; any royal name is not legible in this image.

religious New Kingdom (per catalogue; image not precise enough to confirm independently) good
Deities Osiris
Materials woodpaint
Signs Painted vertical hieroglyphic column (exact reading unclear) ×10
Visible text "Vertical painted hieroglyphs on the left figure; exact transcription unclear from image resolution (appears to include a seated/standing figure-like sign and surrounding strokes)."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Vertical painted hieroglyphs on the left figure; exact transcription unclear from image resolution (appears to include a seated/standing figure-like sign and surrounding strokes).

Connections

Deities Osiris
Materials WoodPaint

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116274310 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 47.105.2 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 548954 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).
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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.