Walters Art Museum (Egyptian) · figurine

Nefertem Standing

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Description

<p>Broken at the head and above the knees, Nefertem is shown with his arms pressed tightly to his sides and wearing a royal kilt with a middle piece. The rear pillar bears an inscription.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.516' rel='external'>Nefertem Standing</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 figure carved in a naturalistic style, shown full-length with hands down and a long striated garment, photographed against a light background.

The object appears as a carved, human-sized figure standing upright. The head and neck are intact, with a simplified face; the figure wears a long, horizontally pleated or vertically ribbed garment that falls to the feet, with a decorative belt-like band at the waist. The arms are held close to the body with hands down. The surface shows heavy weathering/chipping and discoloration. No clearly legible hieroglyphs, cartouches, or inscriptions are visible on the provided view. No explicit identifying attributes for Nefertem or other named deities can be confirmed from the image alone. The catalogue notes materials as 'ivory (?)' and 'wood (?)'; the visible surface looks light-colored and mottled, but the material identification cannot be confirmed from the photograph.

royal unclear fragmentary
Materials ivory (?)wood (?)

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1

English description

[Translation] To be recited: Nefertem, son of Sakhmet, give life to ... Tje-Hor...

Cross-references (2)

  • Walters-AccNum 71.516 tier-2
  • Walters-id 28660 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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