False Door Stela of Lady Djefatka
Description
Object Label: Egyptian tombs often included false doors to mark the place where visitors could present their offerings for the deceased. This false door was dedicated to the lady Djafetka by her daughter, Hatkau. The uppermost register depicts Djafetka sitting before an offering table opposite her husband, Tjesu. At the bottom, on either side of the image of the door, the couple appear again receiving offerings from their children. In both representations Djefatka occupies the most important place as the stela's owner. Caption: False Door Stela of Lady Djefatka, ca. 2350–2170 B.C.E.. Limestone, 25 3/16 x 15 15/16 x 4 1/2 in., 100 lb. (64 x 40.5 x 11.4 cm, 45.36kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.226.29. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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 limestone stela with hieroglyphic inscriptions and figures carved in relief.
The artifact is a vertically oriented limestone stela featuring deeply carved hieroglyphic text and figural relief. The composition includes registers with seated figures and iconographic symbols typical of Egyptian religious art. Notable features include the presence of common Egyptian deities and possibly a royal cartouche.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 86.226.29 tier-2
- BKM-Object 4248 tier-2
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
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