Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · stela

Funerary Stela of Chairemon

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Description

Caption: Graeco-Egyptian. Funerary Stela of Chairemon, 3rd–4th century C.E., or later. Limestone, 13 x 2 5/8 x 15 1/4 in. (33 x 6.6 x 38.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.90. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06

Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

Relief depicting a standing figure flanked by two canines.

The artifact is a stone relief showing the lower half of a standing figure, possibly a deity or individual of importance, with two long-bodied canines facing inward. The style is typical of ancient Egyptian relief work with a focus on a flat, two-dimensional representation. The composition is symmetric with the figure centrally positioned, emphasizing balance.

daily life Old Kingdom good
Materials limestone

Connections

Materials Limestone

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 16.90 tier-2
  • BKM-Object 9348 tier-2
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