Donation Stela of Shabaqo

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 broken limestone stela fragment with register scenes of several standing figures and columns of hieroglyphs, including a central figure facing another who offers/extends hands toward a symbol or offering table.

The image shows a roughly rounded-rectangular limestone stela fragment, preserving the upper register and much of the inscribed field. In the upper portion, two to three standing human figures are depicted in profile or three-quarter view, with wigs and holding staffs/arms in typical stela poses. Between/around the figures are hieroglyphic signs and what appears to be a central symbolic element associated with offering or ritual (e.g., a rectilinear/capped motif and clustered vertical signs). The lower half is filled with dense rows of hieroglyphs, suggesting a donation/benefaction text typical of royal or private stelae. No clearly legible royal cartouche is visible at this resolution; several groups of signs are present but cannot be confidently transcribed as Shabaqo’s name. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible. The inscription is present but excerpting an accurate phrase is not possible without certainty of specific sign values.