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

Statue of Deified Amenhotep I

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Description

Tempera on paper

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.

Painted Egyptian scene depicting a crowned male figure seated on a throne/bench with attendants, offerings, and a structured interior background with decorative columns and panels.

The image shows a stylized, colored mural-like composition on a framed sheet of paper. At left, a large crowned figure (human royal styling) sits or reclines in a regal pose, wearing a light wig and nemes-like headgear or crown and a patterned garment. Multiple smaller figures/attendants cluster around the seated figure, some raising arms toward him. At the right foreground are tall, fan-like lotus or papyrus-shaped elements arranged on a tiered stand, with red/orange inner details, suggesting offerings or ritual floral arrangements. The background includes vertical columns or pilasters and rectangular wall panels outlined in black and yellow, with additional small iconography within them. Several small dark glyph-like marks appear in the upper register, but the image quality and cropping prevent reliable reading. No clear three-dimensional stone statue is visible; the work appears to be a painted/watercolor rendering with visible edges, stains, and losses typical of a historical paper/ink painting rather than an original carved monument.

religious Catalogue ground truth: Twentieth Century (original New Kingdom). Image itself appears to be a modern/retouched painted depiction of an earlier New Kingdom scene. good
Deities unknown (deified royal figure; specific deity not clearly identifiable)
Materials painted surface on paperwood/plaster frame (surrounding)

Connections

Found at Dra Abu el-Naga
Royals Amenhotep I

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q96185419 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 30.4.5 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 557814 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.