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Neith Seated

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Description

<p>The goddess Neith is shown seated, though her original chair is lost. She wears the red crown of Lower Egypt and a long garment with an engraved collar, armlets, bracelts, and anklets.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.1015' 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 figure in a tall conical crown, posed frontally with one hand resting and the other at her lap, shown in dark, metallic sheen on a pedestal.

The image shows a full-body view of a human-like figure seated upright on a rectangular base/seat. The figure has a smooth, dark surface consistent with a metal sculpture and wears a tall, conical headpiece with a facial band below it. The face is stylized with defined eyes and a straight nose; the lips and facial features are indicated by shallow relief/engraving. The right arm/hand rests near the lap, while the left hand holds a small object or is laid on the knee (the exact form is unclear). The legs are crossed or drawn together in a seated pose; the feet rest on a support extending from the base. The figure wears a short kilt/scant garment and a broad belt or garment band at the waist; lower legs show minimal patterning. No clearly legible hieroglyphic text is visible on the figure or pedestal at this image resolution/angle.

religious Ancient Egyptian (likely Late Period to Ptolemaic-era style), exact dating unclear from image alone. good
Deities Neith (catalogue subject; not explicitly verifiable in the provided image)
Materials bronze (catalogue ground truth; surface appears metallic)

Connections

Deities Neith

Cross-references (2)

  • Walters-AccNum 54.1015 tier-2
  • Walters-id 30982 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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  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.