Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · stela
Stela of King Raneb
Description
Granite
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 stone stela depicting a falcon perched above a cartouche.
The stela is made of stone and features a sculpted falcon, symbolizing the god Horus, perched atop a cartouche. The cartouche contains hieroglyphic symbols, and the composition suggests a connection to royalty. The style is typical of monumental Egyptian art, with a focus on divine and royal iconography. The material appears to be granite and the craftsmanship is detailed.
royal
New Kingdom
good
Deities
Horus
Royals
unclear
Materials
granite
Signs
falcon
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116243300 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 60.144 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545799 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.
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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.