WALTERS-EG
Walters Art Museum (Egyptian) · statue
Horus Stele (Cippus)
Description
<p>This cippus is incised. In a panel is Horus the child standing on crocodiles and surrounded by gods holding animals. Around the panel are inscriptions. The back and sides are plain. The top and bottom are broken off.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/22.338' rel='external'>Horus Stele (Cippus)</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>
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.
A rectangular slab of white limestone inscribed with dense Egyptian hieroglyphs, including a central carved seated/standing figure and surrounding offerings and registers.
The object appears as a light-colored, rectangular limestone stele (cippus-like panel) photographed against a dark background. The surface is filled with closely spaced incised hieroglyphs arranged in horizontal lines. Near the lower center is a framed scene showing a human figure in profile or three-quarter view with attendant figures or deities rendered in smaller scale; surrounding it are offering motifs (e.g., tables/stands) and symbol groups consistent with a dedicatory or funerary/honorific text. No legible royal cartouche is clearly identifiable at this image resolution. The top and right edges show weathering and flaking, suggesting a damaged/abraded inscription area. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible. Materials visible are consistent with white limestone as given by the catalogue.
religious
ancient Egyptian, date uncertain (likely New Kingdom–Late Period based on style of hieroglyph layout and scene conventions; not determinable with confidence from this image)
fragmentary
Deities
unknown/unclear (any depicted deity figures are not reliably identifiable from this image resolution)
Royals
unknown/unclear (no clear cartouche text legible)
Materials
white limestone
Signs
Egyptian hieroglyphs (incised text; exact signs not reliably legible at this resolution) ×100
Visible text
"Text is present throughout but is not sufficiently legible in this image to quote an excerpt accurately."
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
English description
[Protective magic spell around image]
Cross-references (2)
- Walters-AccNum 22.338 tier-2
- Walters-id 29710 tier-2
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About this record's data
- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Walters Art Museum (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.