Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · stela
Donation Stela of Shebitqo
Description
Limestone
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.
The artifact depicts a pharaoh making offerings to deities.
The artifact is a relief carving showing a pharaoh presenting offerings to several deities. The scene is intricately carved, with detailed hieroglyphics above the figures and on the lower register. The pharaoh is adorned with traditional regalia, including a crown and a kilt. The deities are identifiable by their distinctive iconography, including headdresses and scepters. The composition is balanced, with figures standing in profile. The quality of the carving suggests skilled craftsmanship typical of royal commissions.
royal
New Kingdom
good
Deities
OsirisIsis
Royals
unknown
Materials
limestone
Signs
Ankh ×3
Djed
Visible text
"nTr nfr HqA"
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116413711 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 65.45 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544881 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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.