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Walters Art Museum (Egyptian) · statue
Block Statue of Irt-Hor-Erow
Description
<p>This block statue depicts a figure in squatting position. It has an inscription on the sides and front of the kilt, and in columns on the rear.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/22.189' rel='external'>Block Statue of Irt-Hor-Erow</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>
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 seated/standing block statue of a man carved in dark stone, with the torso and base covered by hieroglyphic inscriptions and the head shown with a wig/curled headdress.
The object is a compact block statue: the upper part forms a rounded head with a striated/draped wig or headdress, while the body is reduced to a thick rectangular block. The lower torso/front is incised with multiple lines of hieroglyphs and what appear to be register-like divisions; the back and sides are not clearly visible in this view. No clearly readable cartouche is evident at this resolution, but the inscriptions are continuous across the front surfaces. The figure’s facial features are simplified, and the statue wears a stylized collar/neck area connecting to the body block. The stone appears dark and weathered/polished in places, consistent with a granite block statue.
royal
unclear (possibly Old/Middle Kingdom based on block-statue style; not confirmable from image alone)
good
Materials
dark stonegranite (catalogue ground truth)
Signs
incised hieroglyphic lines (multiple groups; individual signs not reliably legible) ×50
Inscriptions (2)
Inscription #1
English description
[On the garment] O Osiris, the divine father and prophet-priest of Amun in Epet-sewet, Irt-Hor-erow, son of the divine father and prophet-priest of Amun, Ankh-pekhrod, born of the lady, chantress of Amon-re, Tenubt (?): may your soul live, your corpse be vigorous, may you smell the sweet breeze ... which comes forth on the offering-table of the primeval god of the Two Lands, cool water, all good and pure (things), Khonsu, ...a funerary offering of bread and beer....
Inscription #2
English description
[On the rear column] Osiris, divine father and prophet-priest of Amun in Epet-sewet, Irt-Hor-erow, the blessed, son of the prophet-priest of Amun (?), Ankh-pekhrod.
Connections
Deities
Horus
Cross-references (2)
- Walters-AccNum 22.189 tier-2
- Walters-id 7662 tier-2
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Walters Art Museum (Egyptian).
- 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.