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Block Statue of Ankh-pekrod

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Description

<p>This sculpture has been carved in the round and depicts a figure with knees drawn up, arms crossed, and hands holding an ankh and a flower. There is an inscription on the front of the dress, and on the rear column.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/22.420' rel='external'>Block Statue of Ankh-pekrod</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 black stone block statue depicting a seated or striding man with a raised, rectangular inscribed register on the front and a head wearing a short wig and broad shoulder-like elements.

The object is photographed front-on against a plain background. At the top is a human head with a short, curled wig and a stylized face. The body is rendered as a squat block with shoulder supports on either side. The front face contains multiple horizontal lines of carved hieroglyphs within a recessed rectangular field, separated into several bands. The carving is worn in places but the arrangement of hieroglyphic groups is clear. No readable cartouche is confidently identifiable at this resolution. The statue appears monolithic and dark, consistent with a dark hard stone. There is no visible Greek/Coptic/Arabic text, and no clear deity figures besides the human form are visible.

royal unclear (likely Late Period to Ptolemaic/Roman based on block statue style, but not certain) good
Materials dark stone (consistent with black granite)
Signs multiple-line hieroglyphic inscription bands (exact signs unclear)

Inscriptions (2)

Inscription #1

English description

[On the garment] Osiris, the divine father and prophet-priest of Amon-em-epet-sewet, Ankh-pekhrod (Chapokrates), the blessed, son of the divine father Pede-Amon-neb-nesut-tewy (Petemestus), the blessed, born of the lady, the chantress of Amon-re, Nes-Har-pre, the blessed, living and rejuvenescing eternally.
Inscription #2

English description

[On the rear column] Osiris, the divine father, Ankh-pekhrod, the blessed, living eternally.

Cross-references (2)

  • Walters-AccNum 22.420 tier-2
  • Walters-id 30579 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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