Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · stela
Stela of Aamtju
Description
Limestone, paint
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.
An ancient Egyptian stela depicting seated figures and hieroglyphic inscriptions.
The stela shows a seated male figure receiving offerings from a standing figure, both are richly adorned in traditional attire. The scene is carved in relief with detailed hieroglyphic inscriptions above and below the main depiction. The background has been smoothed, and there is a clear articulation of the figures' proportions. Iconography suggests a depiction possibly related to funerary or offering scenes.
funerary
New Kingdom
good
Materials
limestone
Signs
Ankh ×2
Djed
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116243676 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 19.3.32 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545595 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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