WALTERS-EG
Walters Art Museum (Egyptian) · statue
Seated Figure of Nefer-hotep
Description
<p>This statue is of a non-royal seated man with hands held flat against his thighs. The face is triangular, with modeled brows. The eyes are set into shallow, narrow sockets. The lids of the eyes are indicated by two modeled ridges. Sculpture patrons of the Middle Kingdom favored the use of hard, dark stones and compact, block-like forms to insure the long-term survival of their statues. The texts on the front of the kilt and on the sides of the seat request offerings and record Neferhotep's name and titles, as well as his parentage. The deity invoked to secure the offerings is the deceased king who founded the Middle Kingdom, Nebhepetre Mentuhotep II (11th Dynasty).</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/22.214' rel='external'>Seated Figure of Nefer-hotep</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 Egyptian-style male figure in dark stone, shown with a kilt and a wig/curly hair, seated upright on a rectangular-backed seat.
The artifact depicts a seated man facing forward with the torso upright and arms resting close to the body. He wears a long wig with a straight front and curled side locks, and a simple kilt tied at the waist. The legs are bent and positioned on a rectangular base/seat support. The back of the seat shows shallow incised decorative elements resembling hieroglyphic columns or patterned grooves, but the individual signs are not clear enough to identify reliably from this image. No clearly readable inscription, cartouche, or name is visible on the figure itself. The overall silhouette and style correspond generally to a personal statue format rather than a deity-specific icon, though no deity attributes are unmistakable.
royal
unknown (likely Old/Middle Kingdom or later personal statue; unclear from image alone)
good
Materials
dark stone (likely granodiorite per catalogue)
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
English description
[Inscription]
Connections
Royals
Mentuhotep II
Cross-references (2)
- Walters-AccNum 22.214 tier-2
- Walters-id 27934 tier-2
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