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

Round-topped Stela of Wenenkhu

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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.

A carved limestone stela depicting two seated figures in prayer beneath a sun disk with a deity.

The artifact is a limestone stela featuring two seated human figures in prayer. Above them is a sun disk containing a deity figure, likely representing a solar deity. The stela is carved in bas-relief, with well-preserved hieroglyphic inscriptions present in the rectangular sections surrounding the figures. The craftsmanship suggests attention to detail, with distinct lines and well-defined hieroglyphs.

religious New Kingdom good
Deities Re
Materials limestone
Signs ankh ×2 sun disk

Connections

Found at Deir el-Medina
Deities Ra
Materials Limestone
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