WALTERS-EG
Walters Art Museum (Egyptian) · statue
Horus Stele (Cippus)
Description
<p>This cippus is carved in low relief. It depicts, on a panel, Horus the child holding a gazelle, a lion, snakes, and a scorpion. There are inscriptions on the sides and back. There is a head of Bes at the top with a hole for suspension through the head.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/22.335' rel='external'>Horus Stele (Cippus)</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
English description
[On the back, beginning of a protective spell] Hail to you, god, son of a god; hail to you, heir, son of an heir; hail to you, bull, son of a bull; born of a divine mother (?), hail to you, Horus, who came forth from Osiris, born of Isis, the divine mother. I recite by your charm, I speak by your magic power.
Cross-references (2)
- Walters-AccNum 22.335 tier-2
- Walters-id 1410 tier-2
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