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

Magical Stela with Horus the Child

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Description

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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 is a large, intricately inscribed stele with religious iconography.

The stele features a central panel depicting a standing deity surrounded by hieroglyphic inscriptions. The upper section contains a semicircular top with additional inscriptions, while the main body is covered with numerous hieroglyphic texts. The craftsmanship is detailed, with clear iconographic elements typical of religious scenes, likely serving a commemorative or religious purpose.

religious New Kingdom excellent
Deities Osiris
Materials stone
Signs Was sceptre ×3 Ankh ×4
Visible text "nTr nfr Ḏsr kꜣ ḥrw"

Connections

Found at Heliopolis
Deities HorusOsiris
Materials Stone

Cross-references (1)

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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.
  • 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.