Baboon holding an inscribed stela dedicated to Iretherukhef
Description
Late Period, ca. 664–332 B.C. Copper alloy. H. 4.6 × W. 2.4 × D. 3.5 cm (1 13/16 × 15/16 × 1 3/8 in.). From: Egypt. Subject: Baboons. Credit: Bequest of Nanette B. Kelekian, 2020.
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.
A small bronze/bronze-alloy figurine of a seated baboon holds an upright rectangular stela bearing a column of incised markings.
The object is a cast metal figure of a baboon with its body seated and its head turned slightly to the viewer’s left. The baboon’s front is posed as if supporting an upright, rectangular stela. The stela surface is densely covered with incised marks arranged as vertical lines or a column of hieroglyph-like signs. The metal surface shows greenish corrosion/patina and dark wear. The piece is mounted on a dark rectangular base; the baboon-stela group is integrated as one sculpture. No clearly readable royal cartouche or deity name is legible from the image resolution; the stela text remains generally identifiable only as inscription-like signs.
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