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

Magical Figure

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Description

Clay (unfired)

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 fragment of an ancient Egyptian stela displaying faded hieroglyphs.

The artifact is a small fragment of a stela made from a stone-like material. It features several faded hieroglyphic symbols in red pigment. The top section is rounded, typical of many stelas, and a raised circular area is apparent near the top, possibly indicating the remains of a more detailed relief. The composition suggests it might have been part of a larger decorative or sacred text.

hieroglyphic only unknown fragmentary
Materials stone
Signs unknown

Connections

Found at Lisht North
Materials Stone

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116281313 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 33.1.127 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 546409 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.