Stela of the Lady of the House, Hery-ib-Neith
Description
Caption: Stela of the Lady of the House, Hery-ib-Neith, ca. 945–712 B.C.E.. Wood, stucco, pigment, 13 3/8 x 8 1/16 in. (34 x 20.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1384E. (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.
A painted stela depicting Egyptian deities in a religious scene with hieroglyphic inscriptions below.
The artifact is a richly painted stela featuring several deities standing in a row, with a central deity possibly being Ra due to the solar disk. The figures are adorned in traditional Egyptian attire and are surrounded by hieroglyphic inscriptions, which are prominently displayed on a rectangular panel at the bottom. The style suggests a New Kingdom aesthetic with its vibrant colors and detailed figures.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1384E tier-2
- BKM-Object 117935 tier-2
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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