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Lion-Headed Uto

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Description

<p>Lion-headed Uto is seated on a throne with uraeus and sun disk, his right hand clenched.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.479' rel='external'>Lion-Headed Uto</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 dark bronze-colored Egyptian figurine stands upright with a human body and a lion-like head or mane-like element at the top; an arched lion face appears on the chest area, suggesting a deity-figure composed with a lion motif.

The object is photographed front-on against a neutral background. The figure is slender and upright with arms held close to the sides. At the top is a head with a rounded crown and a mane-like treatment around the sides (lion-maned appearance). The central, most prominent feature is a sculpted lion face set against the torso, framed by a collar/neck area. The torso has small molded elements (including a belt-like line across the waist) and the legs are separated with minimal modeling. The base is rectangular and darker, possibly added for display. No clear hieroglyphic inscriptions are visible anywhere on the image, and no Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is present. The photograph suggests a metal surface with casting texture, consistent with bronze as catalogued.

royal Unknown (likely Egyptian dynastic period; exact date unclear from image) good
Deities Uto (lion-headed aspect; per catalogue title)
Materials bronze (cast)

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1

English description

[Translation] on back of throne: Wazet...the scribe, Bastet, son of Seba-r-way, born of ....

Connections

Deities Wadjet

Cross-references (2)

  • Walters-AccNum 54.479 tier-2
  • Walters-id 29595 tier-2

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