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Figure Ensemble of the Goddess Neith with Horus the Child (twice) and a Worshiper

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Description

<p>During the 1st millennium BCE, individuals could receive permission to donate not only single figures of a specific deity to a temple but also more complex group arrangements of one or several gods with the donor himself as a worshiper or bringer of offerings. This ensemble exhibits the goddess Neith seated on a throne, accompanied by two figures of the juvenile Horus (one with double-crown here for Upper Egypt, and one with the lower Egyptian crown). The donor is depicted as the kneeling worshipper in front of the feet of the goddess.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.541' rel='external'>Figure Ensemble of the Goddess Neith with Horus the Child (twice) and a Worshiper</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.

Bronze figurative group showing a central standing deity-like figure with two smaller figures on either side, posed in an offering/worship stance; an inscribed base is visible.

The image depicts a metallic (bronze) ensemble: a taller central standing figure wearing a close-fitting garment and a crown-like headpiece, with arms raised forward. On both sides stand two smaller standing figures, each with raised arms/hands, supporting the impression of a triadic cult group. The group stands on a rectangular base with a band of low-relief hieroglyphic signs on the front face; individual signs are present but not clear enough to reliably identify specific names or determinatives from the provided resolution. No clear Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible. The subject as catalogued is a figure ensemble of the goddess Neith with Horus the Child (twice) and a worshiper; the image supports the general idea of multiple divine figures in a group, but the specific identification of Neith and Horus the Child is not verifiable from visible iconographic details or inscriptions at this resolution.

religious unknown (likely Late Period to Ptolemaic based on style of small bronzes, but unclear) good
Deities unknown (catalogued as Neith and Horus the Child, but not clearly identifiable in the image)
Materials bronze
Signs hieroglyphic band (unreadable individual signs) ×10

Inscriptions (2)

Inscription #1

English description

The inscription on the base names the donor.
Inscription #2

English description

[Translation] Neith may give life to Hor-em-kheb, son of Naf-jah, born of Hepty.

Connections

Deities HorusHarpocratesNeith

Cross-references (2)

  • Walters-AccNum 54.541 tier-2
  • Walters-id 31924 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.
  • Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.