Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · stela

Funerary stela of the bowman Semin

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Description

Limestone, paint

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 relief depicting a standing figure holding a staff and a tool.

This limestone relief shows a standing male figure holding a staff and a smaller tool, possibly a scepter. The figure is adorned with a kilt and a beaded necklace. Hieroglyphic inscriptions are present above and beside the figure, suggesting a formal presentation. The style is typical of New Kingdom artistry, focusing on the depiction of figures in profile with detailed hieroglyphs.

royal New Kingdom good
Materials limestone
Signs reed leaf ×2 human figure

Connections

Materials Limestone

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116248114 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 20.2.29 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 544273 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.
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  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.