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

The God's Father, Prophet of Amun in Karnak, Ankhpakhered, son of Nesmin and Tadisetdiankh

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Description

Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 380–300 B.C. Diorite. H. 58.9 × W. 15.3 × D. 27.2 cm, 15.8 kg (23 3/16 × 6 × 10 11/16 in., 34.8 lb.). From: Temple of Amun, Cachette, Karnak, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1908.

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 standing seated-scribe style statue of a kneeling male figure with shaved head and simplified torso, shown frontally holding an implement and wearing a kilt.

The image shows a dark, stone anthropomorphic figure posed in a kneeling or seated stance on a rectangular base. The male figure has a shaved or closely cropped head, a slender neck, simplified facial features, and a bare upper torso. A light-colored cloth or banding appears around the waist; the figure wears a kilt with the lower portion extending over the legs. One arm is bent and the figure holds a small object/implement at the side (details are unclear due to lighting and resolution). No clear carved hieroglyphs, cartouches, or inscriptions are visible on the body, base, or surrounding areas in this view. There is no overt iconography that can be confidently tied to a specific deity from this image alone; the catalogue subject indicates a priestly/professional context, but the image does not provide readable textual confirmation. The statue surface appears uniform and consistent with a polished dark stone.

religious Late Period–Ptolemaic Period (per catalogue; exact dating from image unclear) good
Materials diorite (catalogue)stone (dark, polished surface)

Connections

Found at Karnak
Deities Amun
Materials Diorite
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