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Stela of the Steward Mentuwoser Middle KingdomAbydos

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Description

Stela, Mentuwoser. Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, reign of Senwosret I, year 17, ca. 1944 B.C. Limestone, paint. H. 103 cm (40 9/16 in.); W. 50.5 cm (19 7/8 in.); Th. 8.3 cm (3 1/4 in.). Probably from: Abydos, Northern Upper Egypt. Subject: Food, Men, Hieroglyphs. Credit: Gift of Edward S. Harkness, 1912.

The same text in other collections

Linked by shared inventory number (ORAEC-id oraec386). Each record below describes this same artifact or text from a different angle.

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.

Connections

Found at Abydos
Materials LimestonePaint

Cross-references (6)

  • Wikidata-Q Q29385782 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 12.184 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 544320 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • ORAEC-id oraec386 tier-2 (inventory-match)
  • PNM-Object pnm:83886299 tier-2 (inventory-match)
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  • 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.