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

Baboon holding an inscribed stela dedicated to Iretherukhef Late Period

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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

A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.

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Materials Copper Alloy
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