Statue of a Ptolemaic Queen, perhaps Cleopatra VII

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 standing female royal statue shows a crowned/hairstyled queen with a uraeus and a broad collar, holding a long staff-like object to one side (possibly a scepter or attribute). Vertical hieroglyphs are carved on the left side of the statue’s base or column.

The artifact is a vertically oriented limestone/dolomitic-limestone standing figure of a woman depicted in a frontal pose. The head has detailed facial features and a wig with a long, straight fall covering the shoulders. A uraeus-like cobra is visible at the center of the forehead/headpiece. The statue wears a broad, pleated collar and a long, fitted garment. On the viewer’s left side (the statue’s left), there is a vertical panel/column containing carved hieroglyphic signs; individual sign forms are visible but not clearly enough to securely read or attribute. The right side shows what appears to be a held staff or elongated object with a curved end near the upper portion. No clear cartouche or royal name is legible in the image provided. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible; only carved Egyptian-style hieroglyphs are present.