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Stela of Pekysis

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Description

Stela, Pekysis. Roman Period, 1st century B.C.–A.D. 4th century. Limestone. H. 38 cm (14 15/16 in.). From: Graeco-Roman Cemetery, Tomb 193, Abydos, Northern Upper Egypt, Egypt. Excavation: Garstang excavations 1907. Subject: Animals, Children, Men, Snakes, Greek. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1920.

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

Relief carving on a rectangular stela showing a central upright figure holding a staff, flanked by multiple standing figures and surmounted by a winged/arch-like solar symbol.

The image depicts an Egyptian stone stela with a rounded top and a broad upper register. At the top center is a stylized symbol resembling a cobra/serpent form with an upright posture, set above or between wing-like fan shapes. Below, a central standing figure faces forward, wearing a tall, ribbed headdress and holding a long staff or scepter-like object. Flanking the central figure are several standing men (at least four) in profile or frontal poses, each with different headdresses and holding objects (one appears to hold a small offering vessel). A horizontal line divides the main register from a lower band filled with closely packed incised hieroglyphs. The lower inscription is not fully legible in the provided image, but hieroglyphic signs are clearly present across the band. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible.

religious Roman Period (per catalogue; iconography consistent with later traditional Egyptian relief style) good
Deities unknown (iconography suggests possibly a solar/cobra-related element above, but deity not clearly identifiable from the available detail)
Materials limestone (stone surface appears light-colored, consistent with catalogue)
Signs incised hieroglyphic band (unreadable individual signs in image resolution) ×100

Connections

Found at Abydos

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116243352 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 20.2.44 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 545771 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.