Block Statue of Nes-Min (Sminis)

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 block statue of a seated/standing figure with a rounded wig or headdress and arms held across the torso, presented against a plain background.

The object is a dark stone block statue with a stylized male face, wearing a tripartite or rounded wig/headdress. The body is block-like; the legs are indicated with separated feet at the base, and the arms are held across the chest with hands at about the waist level. A large rectangular area on the front of the torso is filled with incised hieroglyphic text, arranged in multiple horizontal lines. The inscriptions are visibly carved but too small/blurred to reliably transcribe specific signs or confirm a cartouche name from this image alone. No Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible. The surface appears highly polished and uniformly dark, consistent with a black stone. The holding catalogue specifies black granite; the image appears consistent with a dark granite/stone finish but without reliable verification of granite specifically from the photograph.