Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · stela
Naos stela with Pa-inmu and his father It, son of Pedise
Description
Basalt
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 stone artifact depicting two standing male figures within a rectangular niche, surrounded by columnar inscriptions.
The artifact is a stone relief showing two male figures standing side by side within a carved rectangular niche. The figures are depicted in a stylized manner typical of Egyptian art, with arms at their sides and one foot forward. The relief is framed by hieroglyphic inscriptions, which are detailed and cover the entire surrounding area. The style and composition suggest a piece with a possible ceremonial or commemorative purpose.
funerary
Old Kingdom
good
Materials
stone
Signs
Ankh ×3
Djed ×2
Visible text
"Djed ankh"
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116414482 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 66.99.67 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545934 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
About this record's data
- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
- 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.