Lintel depicting Horus offering an <em>ankh</em> sign to the Horus name of King Amenemhat I

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.

Painted limestone lintel in relief showing a falcon-headed figure presenting an ankh sign toward a cartouche-style royal name and adjacent hieroglyphic elements.

The object is a rectangular lintel carved in shallow relief from limestone and retaining traces of dark blue/green paint on some carved elements. A falcon-headed deity (Horus) stands on the right side with outstretched wings/arms, holding or offering a looped ankh sign toward the center/left where part of a royal name is represented by a cartouche-like frame and surrounding hieroglyphs. On the left there is also a tall, column-like hieroglyphic element(s) and a seated/standing figure grouping are partially visible but incomplete. The hieroglyphic inscription is present but too fragmentary/unclear in the image to reliably transcribe the king’s Horus name as Amenemhat I. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible. Condition appears good with wear and loss of paint and some surface chips, but the main relief composition remains legible.