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

Stela of Djemi

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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.

The artifact depicts two standing figures with a surrounding column of hieroglyphs.

The artifact is a rectangular stone slab with carved relief showing two figures in profile. They are surrounded by columns of hieroglyphic text. The style features typical Egyptian artistic conventions, such as the side profile and rigid stance. The composition of the scene suggests it may be part of a larger narrative or document.

daily life Old Kingdom good
Materials limestone
Signs ankh ×5 djed ×3

Connections

Materials Limestone

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116243240 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 65.107 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 545869 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.