Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · stela
Stela with Taweret and Mut of Isheru
Description
Limestone, paint
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 carved stone relief depicting an interaction between a deity and a seated figure.
This artifact is a carved stone relief featuring a deity with an animal head, possibly Anubis or a similar figure, offering an ankh or another item to a seated person, likely of royal significance. The style includes bold, linear carvings typical of Egyptian art. Hieroglyphs are present above and around the figures, which are in a traditional stance, highlighting the interaction. The overall composition indicates a scene of reverence or offering.
religious
unknown
good
Deities
Anubis
Materials
limestone
Signs
ankh
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116247696 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 47.105.4 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544499 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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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.