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Lion-Headed Harmiysis and Worshipper

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Description

<p>Lion-Headed Harmiysis stands with left foot advanced; both feet are placed on a low relief depicting a dead antelope with legs bound. Harmiysis wears the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt and a royal kilt; he holds a sickle-shaped sword and a sham staff in his hands. A shaven-headed priest kneels in front of the god and raises his hands in worship. The god and priest are joined to the separately made pedestal.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.1013' rel='external'>Lion-Headed Harmiysis and Worshipper</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.

Bronze statuette group showing a tall lion-headed figure holding or presenting an object, standing on a rectangular base with a smaller seated/worshipper figure beside it.

The image depicts a bronze sculptural group in the round. A central, standing male-presenting figure with a prominent lion-style head (lion-like mane and muzzle) wears a decorated garment around the torso and a conical or tall crown-like element atop the head. The figure holds one arm up toward the chest/face area while the other hand appears to grasp or present a small implement or ceremonial object. The figure stands on a rectangular, darkened base. To the left (viewer’s left) there is a smaller human figure in a kneeling or seated pose, facing the standing lion-headed figure in a worshipper-like relationship, with one hand raised. No clear inscription is visible on the base or body, and there are no discernible hieroglyphic, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic texts in the provided view. Several surface details and casting seams/patina are visible, consistent with bronze wear.

religious unknown (likely Late Period to Ptolemaic era, but unclear from image alone) good
Deities Harmḥiysis/Harmiysis (lion-headed form)
Materials bronze

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1

English description

[Partially obliterated inscription on pedestal] To be recited: Hor-p-mey-huse, the great god who is in Hebenu, may he give life, prosperity, health, a high age, a long and good age, authority, honor and praise (to)...(priest) of Hor, the lord of Hebenu, Nes-p-muy, son of Djed-Eset-efonkh...

Cross-references (2)

  • Walters-AccNum 54.1013 tier-2
  • Walters-id 12405 tier-2

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  • From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Walters Art Museum (Egyptian).
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