Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · stela
Cippus of Horus (magical stela)
Description
Marble
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 stone stele featuring a figure standing with outstretched arms, surrounded by symbolic animals and objects.
The artifact is a rectangular stone stele depicting a central figure, possibly a deity, with a lion's head and human body. The figure is standing with arms extended, holding possible symbols or tools in each hand. Underneath the feet are small animals, likely symbolizing power or protection. The style is characteristic of ancient Egyptian religious iconography, with detailed carvings on a flat surface.
religious
Late Period
good
Deities
Bes
Materials
limestone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116414574 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 41.160.119 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546133 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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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.