Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · architecture

Name Panel from the Mortuary Complex of Senwosret I

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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.

A limestone stela with a central statue of a pharaoh flanked by carved reliefs.

The artifact is a large limestone stela featuring a central statue of a pharaoh in a traditional pose wearing the white crown of Upper Egypt. On either side of the statue are carved reliefs depicting royal symbols and hieroglyphs. The composition is symmetrical, with notable features including prominent cartouches and depictions of a falcon, which could represent Horus. The reliefs display fine craftsmanship typical of monumental Egyptian art.

royal New Kingdom good
Deities Horus
Materials limestone
Signs ankh ×2 djed

Connections

Found at Lisht North
Deities Horus
Materials Limestone

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116252139 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 34.1.206 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 545500 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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  • 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.