Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · stela

Unfinished Votive Stela of Ptah

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Description

Caption: Unfinished Votive Stela of Ptah, ca. 1539–1075 B.C.E.. Limestone, 5 9/16 × 3 3/8 × 3/4 in. (14.1 × 8.6 × 1.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.91. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

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 limestone stele depicting a standing figure.

The artifact is a small limestone stele featuring a carved outline of a standing figure, possibly a deity. The carving is simple and lacks detailed features but shows a frontal posture typical in Egyptian art. The surface exhibits some wear and patina, indicative of age.

religious Late Period good
Materials limestone

Connections

Found at Egypt
Deities Ptah
Materials Limestone

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 16.91 tier-2
  • BKM-Object 9349 tier-2
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