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

Ptah-Sokar-Osiris Figure inscribed for Pestjauwymin

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Description

Wood, paint, paste

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.

Standing painted funerary figure with a ram/khnum-like cap and long inscribed body, surmounted by a tall, feathered or ribbed headdress and a small bull-horned element at the top.

The artifact shows a slim, human-shaped figure posed upright on a base. The head is covered by a tall, ribbed headdress topped with a rounded element; below it, a face with painted features and a wig/striped headcloth is visible. Around the shoulders and upper torso are painted bands and geometric patterns, with extensive black and red incised or painted decoration running vertically down the body. The top has a distinct horizontal element resembling horns/arms with a central round disk, consistent with iconography used for funerary-Osirian/Ptah-Sokar-Osiris figures, though the exact combination cannot be confirmed from the image resolution. The figure’s surface shows layered paint and abrasion consistent with an older wooden/paste surface. No readable modern labels or Greek/Coptic/Arabic text are visible.

funerary Late Period (as in catalogue) fragmentary
Deities Ptah-Sokar-Osiris (iconographic identification per catalogue; not explicitly readable)Osiris (iconographic association per catalogue; not explicitly readable)
Materials wood (core likely)paint (polychrome)paste/plaster (surface coating; uncertain)
Signs standing human figure with extensive vertical inscription/dynastic-style decoration

Connections

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116419446 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 34.9 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 552635 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).
  • AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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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.