Stela with Images of Ears and Ram Head of Amun
Description
Object Label: Stela of Ptahmay portrays him standing before a table with offerings and presenting flowers and incense. His devotion is directed to the statues of Amun-Re and a gander, labeled “beautiful gander, great of love.” Another example of personal piety, Stela with Images of Ears, ensures that Amun hears the prayers. Here, the ram’s head of Amun and four ears can be read as “Amun is the one who hears what should be heard.” While this ram represents the fertile aspect of Amun, the gander refers to Amun’s creation of the egg from which the sun was born. Caption: Stela with Images of Ears and Ram Head of Amun, ca. 1292–1070 B.C.E.. Wood, mud plaster, pigment, 6 5/16 x 3 1/4 x 3/8 in. (16 x 8.3 x 1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1534E. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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.
Fragmentary Egyptian stela with a carved figure centered on the face and surrounding traces of hieroglyphic text; much of the pigment has flaked, leaving darker incision lines visible.
The object appears as a tall, narrow rectangular stela fragment with rounded top. The upper register shows a worn emblem-like form above a carved head/figure area. The middle-to-lower register contains multiple incised lines and partial signs arranged in horizontal rows, though many are too eroded to read. There are also areas of darker outlines and patches of remaining colored surface consistent with pigment. No clearly defined ram’s head iconography or explicit ears motif can be confirmed from this image due to heavy damage and abrasion, though the central head-like element in the upper area could potentially relate to the catalogue description. No legible royal cartouche is visible; only isolated, fragmentary hieroglyphic strokes/blocks are present.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1534E tier-2
- BKM-Object 4173 tier-2
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