FITZ-AntE
Fitzwilliam Museum — Department of Antiquities (Egyptian) · stela
stelae
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 rectangular stone stela covered with densely carved hieroglyphs and multiple figures in relief across the upper and middle registers, with additional text on the lower portion.
The image shows a tall, rectangular stone stela with a weathered surface. The upper section contains relief scenes and several distinct human/standing figures and/or offering or ritual elements, surrounded and labeled by hieroglyphic lines. The middle and lower registers are filled with tightly packed hieroglyphs in horizontal rows, with some larger sign groups that may represent titles or formulae. No clear painted color survives; the relief appears carved and then abraded. There is no clearly legible royal name cartouche or any unambiguous deity figure clearly identifiable at this resolution; therefore deities and royal names are recorded as unknown/unclear. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic script is visible; only Egyptian hieroglyphic signs are apparent.
religious
New Kingdom (catalogue ground truth; exact sub-period unclear from image)
poor
Deities
unknown/unclear
Royals
unknown/unclear (no legible cartouche visible)
Materials
stone (limestone or similar)
Signs
hieroglyphic text (individual signs not reliably legible) ×200
Inscriptions (3)
Inscription #1
· Egyptian Hieroglyphs
· Egyptian
· on lower part
Transcription
Htp di [nsw] ptH nfr-Hr wsir xnty imntyw inpw Hr DHwty di.sn iw anan n Sna tw hHr sbAw n Xrty-nTr hA r wia mi smsww nTr xp.f r nTr n kA n Hry nbw n Hwt-nbw ms nTrw pA-nHsy mAa xrw sA Hry nbw pA-ra-m-Hb mAa xrw ms n nbt pr Smayt n imn [tA]-mi mAa[t] xrwTranslations (1)
An offering given by the king to Ptah the beautiful of face, Osiris foremost of the westerners, Anubis and Thoth. May they give [blessing] without ceasing to protect the [name] of the gods, champion of the divine temple, who descends to the river like followers of the god. He reaches to the god for the Ka of the chief of gold, of Hwt-nbw, born of the gods, the Nubian, true of voice, son of the chief of gold, Pa-ra-m-Heb, true of voice, born of the lady of the house, Samayt of Amun, the land(?) of truth, true of voice.
Inscription #2
· Egyptian Hieroglyphs
· Egyptian
· on centre
Transcription
rnpt (HAt-sp) 4 n bA-n-ra-mry-n-imnTranslations (1)
Year 4 of the reign of Ba-n-Ra, beloved of Amun
Inscription #3
· Egyptian Hieroglyphs
· Egyptian
· on top
Transcription
ptH Sps sty Ra nfr Hr sDm nHwtTranslations (1)
Ptah, the noble, king of the gods, the beautiful Ra, who listens to pleas
Connections
Found at
Akhmim
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