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

Onuris (Anhur)

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Description

Statuette, Onuris (Anhur). Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 664–30 B.C. Bronze or cupreous alloy. h. 7 cm (2 3/4 in.). From: Egypt. Credit: Gift of Helen Miller Gould, 1910.

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 bronze/cupreous-alloy standing male figure holding a long staff in one hand and wearing a tall, conical crown. The figure has a clasped/pose with arms at the waist and a raised leg-like stance.

The image shows a dark, patinated metal statuette of a kneeling/standing male deity in profile view, head and torso upright. The figure wears a tall, slender conical crown (with a darker band near its base) and a fitted garment covering the torso and legs. One hand holds a long staff (or spear-like implement) angled upward; the other arm appears bent with the hand at the lower torso/hip area. The overall style and iconography are consistent with a war/weapon-associated god (e.g., Onuris/Anhur) rather than a human ruler. No clear hieroglyphic inscriptions, cartouches, or Greek/Coptic/Arabic text are visible on the visible surfaces. No explicit base or mounting is shown beyond the standing feet on a plain surface.

religious Late Period–Ptolemaic Period (as provided by catalogue) good
Deities Onuris (Anhur)
Materials bronze or cupreous alloy

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Deities Onuris
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