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

Stela

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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 relief fragment depicting a standing figure and several rows of hieroglyphs.

This fragmentary relief appears to be made of limestone, showcasing a partially preserved standing figure on the left, possibly a deity, under a protective canopy or niche. Below the figure, multiple lines of hieroglyphic inscriptions are visible, though parts are eroded. The style suggests attention to detail in the carving though the piece has sustained some damage over time.

religious New Kingdom fragmentary
Deities Osiris
Materials limestone
Signs Ankh Water ripple ×3
Visible text "unknown"

Connections

Deities PtahOsiris
Materials Limestone

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116389500 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 20.2.6 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 545752 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.