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

Stela of Inamennayefnebu

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Description

Third Intermediate Period, late Dynasty 22, ca. 825–712 B.C. Wood, paste, paint. H. 27.8 × W. 24.2 × D. 1.7 cm (10 15/16 × 9 1/2 × 11/16 in.). From: Tomb MMA 801, Deir el-Bahri, west of Priests' Cemetery, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1921–22. Subject: Hieroglyphs. Credit: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922.

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.

Painted Egyptian stela showing two seated/standing royal figures in front of an upper register of hieroglyphs, with a central winged/ornamented motif above the text.

The object appears to be a rectangular, painted stone or stela-like panel framed by green-blue border elements and columns of dark-outlined hieroglyphs. In the upper center there is a circular symbol (possibly a sun-related or decorative emblem) beneath/within the arch. Below the arch, an Egyptian male figure stands on the left with a kilt-like garment, holding or gesturing with arms in front of the body; he wears a striped or patterned head/upper garment. On the right, a seated or standing crowned male figure is shown holding a staff/scepter and making an offering gesture toward the central area. Between the figures and under the arch, a block of hieroglyphic text occupies the central upper register. Vertical and horizontal border bands, patterned column-like motifs, and wing-like decorative elements at the sides frame the scenes. No clearly readable royal cartouche is visible at this resolution, but the hieroglyphic block is consistent with a dedicatory inscription. The painted surface shows wear and some flaking, with the lower border and frame especially affected by minor losses.

religious Third Intermediate Period (per catalogue); imagery style consistent but not confidently dateable from the image alone. good
Materials paintpossible plaster/paste layerstone or ceramic body (exact substrate unclear from image)
Signs hieroglyphic text block (multiple signs; exact reading unclear) ×40
Visible text "Unreadable/uncertain at this image resolution; a dense upper hieroglyphic block is present beneath the arch."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Unreadable/uncertain at this image resolution; a dense upper hieroglyphic block is present beneath the arch.

Connections

Found at Deir el-Bahri
Materials Paint

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116281637 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 22.3.32 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 557155 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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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.