Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · stela
Stela of Aafenmut
Description
Wood, gesso, 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.
A painted stela depicting an Egyptian deity interacting with a human figure.
The artifact is a brightly painted stela showing a seated deity, possibly Thoth, with the head of an ibis, adorned with traditional regalia. The deity is facing a standing male figure who appears to be making an offering. The scene includes hieroglyphic inscriptions at the top, with symbolic items such as an ankh and a was-scepter. The composition is symmetrical and colorful, typical of New Kingdom artwork.
religious
New Kingdom
good
Deities
Thoth
Materials
woodpaint
Signs
ankh
was-scepter
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116275099 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 28.3.35 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 548518 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.