Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · stela
Statue of Roy Chanting the Solar Hymn Written on His Stela New Kingdom
Description
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep II, ca. 1427–1400 B.C. Limestone, paint. H. 31.5 × w. 16.3 × d. 19 cm (12 3/8 × 6 7/16 × 7 1/2 in. ). From: Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Subject: Men, Hieroglyphs. Credit: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917.
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(MET-Object 544813).
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- MMA 17.190.1960 PNM text
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.
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
AI reading of the photograph
Visible text (machine reading)
Hieroglyphic inscription is present on the stela; individual signs are not reliably legible from the image provided.
Cross-references (5)
- Wikidata-Q Q116246401 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 17.190.1960 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544813 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- PNM-Object pnm:83910277 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.
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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.