ARTIC-EG
Walters Art Museum (Egyptian) · statue
Standing Statuette of Sa-Hathor
Description
<p>This statuette of mediocre workmanship represents its owner, a man named Sa-Hathor (meaning "son of Hathor"). His proper left leg is advanced. His hands, palms down, are placed in front of a short, smooth, belted kilt that reaches to his knees, and which has a trapezoidal section projecting in front. One end of his kilt is visible above his belt. A rear pillar is present which reaches to the middle of his back.This piece is well preserved and only has damages of an insignificant magnitude. The back pillar is damaged, as well as the corners of the base, and the top of the proper right ear is broken off. There is surface pitting on the upper right leg, the front of the kilt, and the top of the head. There is black discoloration present on the back, shoulders, neck, and head.The statuette combines aspects of Middle Kingdom sculpture with features that harken back to the sculptural style of the Old Kingdom. The Middle Kingdom preference for hard, dark stones is evident, while the cut of the kilt is consistent with Old Kingdom models. The back pillar is inscribed with an offering text that also records the influential official Sa-Hathor's name and title.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/22.61' rel='external'>Standing Statuette of Sa-Hathor</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 standing Egyptian male-presenting figure statuette, shown frontally with a close-cropped wig and a simple short kilt, hands held near the body.
The object is a dark, polished stone statuette standing upright on a rectangular base. The figure has a smooth, rounded head with a short, tight wig or hair style and a simplified face (eyes and mouth indicated with minimal incision). The upper body is largely undecorated, while a short kilt covers the waist and upper thighs; the belt line and folds of the kilt are suggested by shallow carving. One arm appears held close to the torso; the other is similarly close. No clear inscriptions or carved hieroglyphs are visible on the front or base in this image. There are no readable Greek/Coptic/Arabic text elements. The surface appears consistent with a dark grey stone; however, the specific identification as greywacke cannot be confirmed from the image alone.
royal
Unknown (insufficient iconographic/inscriptional detail visible)
good
Materials
dark stone (grey-toned)
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
English description
[Translation] An offering which the king gives (to) Horus of Behdet (Edfu) for the ka of the senior warden of Nekhen, Sa-Hathor, justified.
Connections
Deities
Hathor
Cross-references (2)
- Walters-AccNum 22.61 tier-2
- Walters-id 15557 tier-2
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