Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · stela
Two-sided stela of pluriform Thoth
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 stele depicting two deities and a pharaoh.
The artifact is a limestone stele featuring a detailed relief of two standing deities facing a pharaoh. The composition includes elements such as crowns, staffs, and a central enthroned figure, possibly signifying a deity. Notable features include the pharaoh's distinct headdress and the symmetrically positioned animals above, which may have symbolic significance.
religious
New Kingdom
good
Deities
HorusThoth
Materials
limestone
Signs
ankh
was ×2
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116414542 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 55.143 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546070 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
About this record's data
- 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.