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Walters Art Museum (Egyptian) · statue
Intef Seated on the Ground
Description
<p>This statue shows its owner, Intef, seated cross-legged on the ground. He rests upon a small platform, wearing a kilt which covers his entire lower body including the feet. The hands are resting upon his thighs. The head is covered by a wig which is tucked behind the ears and hangs down behind the shoulders. The face is idealized, with schematically rendered ears. The brows are modeled, the eyes narrow. The mouth is curved in a slight smile, the philtrum is indicated. The man bears a small beard or goatee on his chin. The musculature of the body is summarily indicated. The pose was first used during the Old Kingdom and regained popularity during the Middle Kingdom. An offering text is inscribed on the base, and a text on the lap records Intef's title and his mother's name.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/22.197' rel='external'>Intef Seated on the Ground</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 small seated Egyptian stone statue/dummy figure with a human figure wearing a headcloth and a simple seated posture on a block-like base.
The image shows a front-facing sculpted figure seated low with legs drawn up, resting on a roughly rectangular base. The head is rounded with incised facial features (almond eyes and arched brows) and the figure wears a close-fitting headcloth/hem (or wig-like covering) that frames the face and drapes over the sides. The torso appears plain, with a simple garment indicated by shallow carving and horizontal banding near the waist/upper legs. No clear cartouche or readable hieroglyphs are visible on the body or base in this image, and there is no Greek/Coptic/Arabic text apparent. The surface is mottled dark gray with lighter speckling, consistent with a dark hard stone such as granodiorite, though exact material identification cannot be fully confirmed from photography alone.
royal
Middle Kingdom to Second Intermediate Period (likely 11th Dynasty), unclear from image alone
good
Royals
Intef (catalogue title; not legibly confirmed in image)
Materials
dark gray speckled stone (consistent with granodiorite)
Inscriptions (2)
Inscription #1
English description
[Translation] An offering which the king gives, Osiris, the great god, may (he) give an offering of bread, beer, oxen and fowl, all things to the Ka of the revered;
Inscription #2
English description
[Translation] The steward Intef, made of Rens-ipt?, lady of reverence.
Cross-references (2)
- Walters-AccNum 22.197 tier-2
- Walters-id 8336 tier-2
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