Funerary stela of "follower [of the king ?]" Megegi and his wife Henit

AI image analysis claude-haiku-4-5

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 limestone funerary stela featuring hieroglyphic text in horizontal registers above figural scenes depicting a man and woman in daily activities, characteristic of First Intermediate Period tomb art.

This limestone stela displays the typical bipartite composition of First Intermediate Period funerary monuments. The upper portion consists of seven horizontal registers densely filled with hieroglyphic inscriptions in shallow relief. The lower portion contains figural scenes: the primary scene shows a seated male figure facing right, wearing a simple kilt and broad collar, with his wife standing beside him in a posture of greeting or offering. To the right are additional figures and symbolic elements including what appear to be offering tables, food items in baskets, and other funerary symbols. The carving is executed in shallow relief with careful attention to hierarchical proportions and register division. The stone surface shows some pitting and wear consistent with age, with traces of original pigmentation visible on certain areas.