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Walters Art Museum (Egyptian) · statue
Seated Statue of Nehy
Description
<p>Depicted much as she would have appeared in life, the Chantress Nehy sits on a chair and holds in her left hand the symbol of her profession, a sistrum or rattle used in the worship of the goddess Hathor. Judging from her fine clothing and elegant hairstyle, as well as the scale and quality of her statue, we may assume that Nehy was able to afford a fine burial to ensure her place in the afterlife. Most likely this statue, one of two known, graced a tomb at Saqqara, the ancient necropolis of Memphis.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/22.106' rel='external'>Seated Statue of Nehy</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 male figure carved in limestone, hands clasped and seated on a rectangular base, with vertical incised lines of hieroglyphs on the side of the legs and base.
The image shows a freestanding seated statue of a man in Egyptian style: he sits upright on a rectangular plinth with legs extended forward, wearing a long garment covering the lower body and a wig or headdress that frames the face. The arms are bent, and the hands are brought together in front of the chest/upper torso area. The surface is carved from light-colored stone and bears incised detailing on the clothing and body. Along the proper right side/edge of the legs and plinth there are vertical lines of hieroglyph-like incisions, but the individual signs are not clearly legible at this resolution. No clear cartouches or royal titulary are visible. No modern text (Greek/Coptic/Arabic) is apparent in the photograph.
royal
unknown
fragmentary
Deities
unknown
Royals
unknown
Materials
carved limestone (white/cream stone)
Signs
vertical hieroglyphic-incised column(s) (specific signs unclear) ×2
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
English description
[Translation] Inscribed down front of skirt: Everything which goes forth before the lords of the necropolis: bread, beer, oxen and fowl, wine, incense, libation-water and all good and pure things for the Ka of the Osiris, the Mistress of the House, the Chantress of the Mistress of Heaven, She of the Southern Sycamore (Hathor), Nehy, True of Voice.
Connections
Deities
Hathor
Cross-references (2)
- Walters-AccNum 22.106 tier-2
- Walters-id 22976 tier-2
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Walters Art Museum (Egyptian).
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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