Stela fragment of Sebekemsaf
Description
Stela fragment, Sebekemsaf. Second Intermediate Period, Dynasty 17, Sobekemsaf, ca. 1564–1557 B.C. Limestone. H. 16 cm (6 5/16 in.); W. 14.5 cm (5 11/16 in.). Probably from: Dra Abu el-Naga. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1925.
The same text in other collections
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(MET-Object 555407).
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- MMA 25.3.329 + 25.3.330 PNM textDra Abu el-Naga
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
Fragment of a carved limestone stela bearing a vertical column of incised hieroglyphs in black pigment.
The image shows a roughly rectangular stela fragment with a broken right-hand side and a flatter, intact left margin. A vertical register of hieroglyphs is clearly visible on the left face; the signs are incised and appear filled or outlined in dark pigment (likely black), including seated/standing human-figure-like signs and multiple rectangular “fold/arm”-style sign components. The surrounding stone on the right is plain and worn, suggesting most of the original inscription and any upper scene elements are lost. No clear figures of deities or royal names/cartouches are fully preserved, and the pigment does not allow confident reading of specific royal titulary beyond individual, but not confidently identifiable, characters.
Cross-references (5)
- Wikidata-Q Q116430103 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 25.3.329 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 555407 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- PNM-Object pnm:83888830 tier-2 (inventory-match)
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.