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Neith Seated

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Description

<p>Among the countless deities known from ancient Egypt, the goddess Neith is one of the earliest. This fine statuette of the goddess shows her seated on a throne that is now lost. Inlays of gold and pigment show the details of her bead-net dress, necklace, armlets and bracelets. On her head she wears the Red Crown of Lower Egypt, adorned on the back with a falcon that grasps a shen-ring, a sign of protection, in each of its talons. A falcon is also depicted on the goddess' back, wrapping its wings around her body in a protective embrace. Although Neith was worshipped throughout ancient Egyptian history, statues of her like this one were particularly popular during the 26th Dynasty when the ruling kings made Sais, her cult center, the country's capital.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2111' rel='external'>Neith Seated</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 female deity statuelet, shown frontally with a distinctive crown/strapped headpiece and a long cloak and patterned garment over the torso.

The object appears to be a small bronze/copper-alloy figure depicting a standing/seated? female deity in a formal, frontal pose. The figure has a human face with incised facial features, a tall, conical crown/hat-like headdress, and a long, form-fitting dress with broad horizontal divisions across the torso and abdomen. The arms are held in front: the right arm rests lower over the garment while the left hand is closer to the body. The lower legs end in pointed feet. The body surface is darkened with areas that may be decorative inlays or painted/contrasting accents, though the image resolution does not allow confident identification of specific enamel or gold placement. No clearly readable hieroglyphs, cartouches, or Greek/Coptic/Arabic script are visible in the photograph, and there are no legible inscriptions on the garment or base. The catalogue title is “Neith Seated,” and the figure’s presentation (female deity iconography with distinctive crown) is broadly consistent with a depiction of Neith; however, the image is not detailed enough to confirm key iconographic identifiers (e.g., crossed shields on the crown) beyond general resemblance, so attribution is treated as consistent but not demonstrably specific.

religious unclear (likely Late Period to Ptolemaic-era small bronze statue; insufficient detail to be certain) good
Deities Neith
Materials copper alloy (bronze/copper) appearancepossible decorative inlays (unclear placement; enamel/gold not clearly confirmable from this image)

Connections

Deities Neith

Cross-references (2)

  • Walters-AccNum 54.2111 tier-2
  • Walters-id 28580 tier-2
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  • From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Walters Art Museum (Egyptian).
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  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.