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

Lower Portion of Stela?

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Description

Caption: Lower Portion of Stela?, ca. 760–747 B.C.E., or later. Limestone, 11 7/16 × 13 in. (29 × 33 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, 16.211. (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.

An ancient stone artifact inscribed with several lines of hieroglyphs.

This stone inscription features multiple horizontal lines of hieroglyphs, meticulously carved into the surface. The composition is orderly and suggests a formal register, possibly indicating a historical or commemorative text. The edges of the stone are uneven, indicating that this might be a fragment of a larger piece. The technique exhibits skilled craftsmanship typical of Egyptian monumental inscriptions.

hieroglyphic only unknown fragmentary
Materials limestone
Signs Ankh ×2 Sedge and Bee

Connections

Materials Limestone

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 16.211 tier-2
  • BKM-Object 9477 tier-2
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