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Stela of Mersumaat

Source of record: Art Institute of Chicago (Egyptian) — catalogued by the holding institution. View the original record →

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.

Limestone Egyptian stela showing a seated male figure beneath a vertical column of hieroglyphs.

The image depicts a rectangular limestone stela with a raised relief. On the right side is a seated, profile-facing male (likely an offering/praying figure or owner) with a close-cropped wig/short hair and a long garment. He holds a staff or slender implement in his left (viewer’s) side and presents an offering with the other hand. On the left side and across part of the upper field are vertical lines of carved hieroglyphs; individual signs are present but the complete inscription is not fully legible at this resolution. No Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible. No clearly identifiable royal cartouche is legible in the provided image.

religious unknown (stela format consistent with Late Period through early Roman, but no secure dating from this image alone) good
Materials limestone
Signs hieroglyphic signs in vertical inscription (exact transliteration unclear) ×20

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1

English description

“Giving adoration to the Perfect God, kissing the earth to the Lord of the Two Lands. That I may adore your beautiful face. May your ka be satisfied every day. Dedicated by Mer-sw-naat.”

Connections

Materials Limestone

Cross-references (1)

  • ARTIC-id 34432 tier-2

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  • From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Art Institute of Chicago (Egyptian).
  • AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
  • Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.