Stela with Boat and Osiris
Description
Object Label: This lower-quality stela with non-standard subject matter suggests a work produced outside the elite tradition. A man with a large flail kneels before a table stacked with offerings. Above him, a ship with a large cabin and a long steering oar—but no representation of a sun god, unlike the more prevalent imagery of the Stela of Anhorkhawi, displayed nearby—sails on a strip of water above four fish. Caption: Stela with Boat and Osiris, ca. 1292–1075 B.C.. Limestone, 13 x 9 5/8 x 4 1/2 in. (33 x 24.5 x 11.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1919E. (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 carved stone depicting figures in ancient Egyptian style, likely in a worshipping scene.
The artifact is a rectangular stone relief featuring two registers of carved figures. The top register shows a seated figure on the right with another figure making offerings. The lower register depicts two figures in a kneeling, worshipful posture. The composition is typical of ancient Egyptian art, with a focus on profile views and a hierarchical arrangement. Notable features include the presence of what appears to be hieroglyphs and the specific postures of devotion.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1919E tier-2
- BKM-Object 118424 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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