Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · stela

Stela of Rehuerdjersen

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Description

Stela, Rehuerdjersen. Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, mid, reign of Amenemhat II, ca. 1900–1850 B.C. Limestone. H. 46.1 cm (18 1/8 in.); W. 23.2 cm (9 1/8 in.); D. 10.6 cm (4 1/16 in.). Probably from: Abydos, Northern Upper Egypt. Subject: Kings, Hieroglyphs. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1912.

The same text in other collections

Linked by shared inventory number (MET-Object 544348). Each record below describes this same artifact or text from a different angle.

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.

Limestone stela with a rectangular inscribed field, filled with dense hieroglyphs and a carved offering/votive scene in raised relief.

The object is a small, upright rectangular stela carved from light-colored stone (catalogued as limestone). The top is rounded, and the surface is covered with closely spaced hieroglyphs arranged in horizontal lines. In the upper register there is a shallow relief scene: two human-like figures in profile face inward toward a central offering arrangement. Below the figures, additional hieroglyphic lines continue across the entire remaining surface. No clear cartouche or royal titulary is legible at this resolution. No explicit deities (e.g., identifiable iconography such as distinct animal forms or clear divine symbols) can be confirmed from the image. A modern lighting/photographic contrast obscures some character detail, so specific sign readings are uncertain.

religious Middle Kingdom (per catalogue; inscription style broadly consistent but not independently confirmable from this image) good
Deities unknown
Royals unknown
Materials limestone
Signs numerous unspecified hieroglyphs ×200
Visible text "Dense hieroglyphic text in multiple horizontal lines; individual words cannot be reliably transcribed from this image resolution."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Dense hieroglyphic text in multiple horizontal lines; individual words cannot be reliably transcribed from this image resolution.

Connections

Found at Abydos
Materials Limestone

Cross-references (5)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116247944 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 12.182.1 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 544348 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • PNM-Object pnm:83887045 tier-2 (inventory-match)
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.