Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · stela
Cippus of Horus (magical stela)
Description
Anhydrite
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 depiction of a child-like figure standing on crocodiles, holding serpents, surrounded by various symbolic creatures.
The artifact shows a nude child-like figure standing confidently atop two crocodiles, each hand holding a serpent. Above the child, there is an image of a winged protective deity or symbol. The composition includes various animals and divine symbols that suggest a protective or apotropaic theme, common in Ptolemaic or later periods. The style is carved in relief, with detailed treatment of the figure and animals.
religious
Ptolemaic
excellent
Materials
limestone
Signs
serpent ×2
crocodile ×2
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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.
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