Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · stela
Magical Stela with Horus the Child Late PeriodHeliopolis (Iunu; On)
Description
Cippus, Cippus of Horus; Metternich. Late Period, Dynasty 30, reign of Nectanebo II, 360–343 BCE. Metagraywacke. H. 83.5 × W. 33.5 × D. 14.4 cm, 52.6 kg (32 7/8 × 13 3/16 × 5 11/16 in., 116 lb.). Probably originally from: Temple of the Mnevis bulls, Heliopolis (Iunu; On), Memphite Region. Subject: Bes, Horus, Isis. Credit: Fletcher Fund, 1950.
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.
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- Wikidata-Q Q29385881 tier-1
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