Fitzwilliam Museum — Department of Antiquities (Egyptian) · stela

stelae

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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.

An ancient Egyptian stone stela with hieroglyphic inscriptions and figures depicted.

The artifact is a limestone stela featuring hieroglyphic inscriptions arranged in horizontal rows. At the base, there are carved figures, likely depicting a ritual or ceremonial scene. The overall style indicates careful craftsmanship with detailed carving, showcasing typical Egyptian artistic conventions.

religious New Kingdom good
Deities HorusAnubis
Materials limestone
Signs Eye of Horus ×2 Ankh Was sceptre

Inscriptions (3)

Inscription #1 · Egyptian Hieroglyphs · Egyptian · on main text

Transcription

Htp di nsw ptH rsy inb.f nb anx-tAwy wsir nb Ddw di.sn prt-xrw t Hnqt kA Apdw Htpw DfAw m prt Hr xAyt Hr wDHw nb-(r-)Dr n kA n iry-pat HAty-a sAw r it.f m Hwt-nTr ra prt spdt wr xrp Hmwt n nb r Dr Hm-nTr aA n nTr.f Xry-Hb snbwy mAa-xrw

English description

six lines of hieroglyphs, orientated from right to left

Translations (1)

EN AI · OpenAI gpt-4o-2024-08-06
An offering given by the king to Ptah, the southern of his wall, lord of Ankhtawy, Osiris, lord of Djedu, that they may give invocation offerings of bread, beer, oxen, fowl, offerings, and provisions, every good and pure thing, to the ka of the hereditary noble and count, overseer of the gateway of his father, in the temple of Re, and the Great Hypsir of the Harpoon, chief director of craftsmen, servant of his lord, the great priest of his god, the lector priest, Senebwy, true of voice.
Inscription #2 · Egyptian Hieroglyphs · Egyptian · on in front of the woman

Transcription

Hmt.f mrt.f Xkrt-nswt, nbw-m-Hb (mAat-xrw)

English description

vertical hieroglyphs, orientated from left to right, possibly sharing the mAa-xrw-signs to the left of her head

Translations (1)

EN AI · OpenAI gpt-4o-2024-08-06
His wife, his beloved, the royal ornament, Nebui-em-Heb, justified
Inscription #3 · Egyptian Hieroglyphs · Egyptian · on above the head of the man at the bottom right

Transcription

sA ra-stX mAa-xrw

Connections

Found at Memphis
Deities HorusAnubis
Materials Limestone
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