Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · stela
Miniature Cippus (magical stela) with Horus in profile wearing gazelle head on the forehead
Description
Anhydrite
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 steatite plaque depicting a standing figure surrounded by symbols and animals.
The carved plaque displays a central figure standing atop a crocodile, surrounded by various other symbols. The style includes detailed carvings typical of protective motifs, possibly used as an amulet. It includes figures such as snakes, and the combination of these elements suggests a depiction with protective or symbolic meanings.
decorative
Late Period
excellent
Materials
steatite
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116244325 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 57.143 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545378 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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- 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.