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Statue of Roy Chanting the Solar Hymn Written on His Stela

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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.

The same text in other collections

Linked by shared inventory number (MET-Object 544813). 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.

A painted limestone Egyptian statue shows a kneeling/ seated royal figure beside a large rectangular stela inscribed with hieroglyphs.

The artifact depicts a human figure with a wig and a traditional dress, rendered in reddish-brown paint with traces of white and other pigments. The figure stands or kneels beside a tall rectangular limestone stela positioned upright. The stela face is filled edge-to-edge with carved hieroglyphic text arranged in multiple horizontal registers and columns, with decorative elements including a central emblem-like motif near the top. The background is plain; the object appears complete enough to show the full stela and upper body, though paint is abraded/partially lost. No clearly legible Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible. No royal name cartouche is clearly readable at this resolution.

religious New Kingdom (catalogue ground truth) good
Deities unknown
Royals unknown
Materials limestonepaint
Signs Hieroglyphic text (multiple registers/lines; one central emblem-like motif near top)
Visible text "Hieroglyphic inscription is present on the stela; individual signs are not reliably legible from the image provided."

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.

Connections

Materials LimestonePaint

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)
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.