Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue

Statuette of Neit with the name of Shabaqo

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Description

Pale green stone: hedenbergite quartz

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.

Standing Egyptian female figure holding an attribute, shown as a small statuette on a dark studio background.

The object appears to be a small, vertically oriented standing statuette with a narrow, elongated body and a human head. The figure has a round face with forward-looking features and a headpiece/hat-like headdress. The body is simplified and smoothed, with arms held close to the torso; one hand/side appears to hold a small object, but the exact attribute is unclear at this resolution. No clearly legible carved inscription or cartouche is visible on the visible surfaces in this image; any name text cannot be confirmed. The surface is worn/abraded, with patches of darkened patina and lighter areas from erosion. The overall coloration in the image is more brownish/earthy than pale green; however, the catalogue specifies pale green hedenbergite quartz. Visible material/finish looks like stone with a weathered surface rather than metal or ceramic.

religious Third Intermediate Period (per catalogue; not independently confirmable from image) poor
Deities Neit (per catalogue; not clearly confirmed from image)
Royals Shabaqo (per catalogue; not clearly confirmed from image)
Materials stone (color appears brown/earthy in the photo; catalogue says pale green hedenbergite quartz)

Connections

Deities Neith
Royals Shabaka

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116245646 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 30.8.295 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 553622 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
About this record's data
  • From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
  • 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.