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Seated statue of Kay

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Description

Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12–13, ca. 1950–1640 B.C. Granodiorite. H. 24.5 cm (9 5/8 in.); W. 8 cm (3 1/8 in.); D. 12.5 cm (4 15/16 in.). From: tomb of Senwosretankh, debris, Lisht South, Memphite Region, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1932–33. Subject: Men. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1933.

The same text in other collections

Linked by shared inventory number (MET-Object 558020). Each record below describes this same artifact or text from a different angle.

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.

Front-facing seated Egyptian male statue with a wig and tripartite-style beard, shown holding a rectangular object on the lap.

The artifact appears to be a standing-front, seated-in-stance figure carved in dark stone. The man wears a large, rounded wig/headdress that frames the face and falls over the shoulders. A short, stylized beard is attached to the chin and extends slightly forward. The torso is largely nude or simply delineated; arms hang down, with the left hand appearing to hold a rectangular, block-like object across the lap. A broad belt/garment band is indicated around the waist, and lower legs/pedestal-like base are clearly carved. The front of the figure includes incised/painted-looking lines and possibly hieroglyphic placement, but the individual signs are not legible in the image provided. No clear cartouche or readable royal titulary is visible. No Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is present. Lighting and surface wear make fine details difficult to read.

royal Middle Kingdom (per catalogue ground truth); exact reign not legible from image. good
Materials stone (catalogue: granodiorite; visible as dark, speckled/veined rock surface)

Connections

Found at Lisht

Cross-references (5)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116281130 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 33.1.3 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 558020 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • PNM-Object pnm:83903509 tier-2 (inventory-match)
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.