Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · stela

Stela of Nesikhonsupakhered

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Description

Caption: Stela of Nesikhonsupakhered, ca. 945–712 B.C.E.. Wood, stucco, pigment, 9 3/4 x 8 1/2 x 1 3/16 in. (24.8 x 21.6 x 3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1386E. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

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, stucco-covered stela showing multiple registers of funerary/ritual imagery with Egyptian hieroglyphic text filling much of the central area.

The object appears to be a small rectangular stela with an arched top, preserved as painted stucco over a core (exact substrate unclear). The surface is divided into scenes: on the left a seated/standing male figure in a red-brown wig and kilt faces inward toward offerings/text; next to him is a large red circular disk-like element. In the center, dense rows of black and yellow hieroglyphs occupy a wide vertical field; adjacent to the text are additional motifs including a blue-green strip and smaller dark signs. On the right, a second male figure stands behind or beside offering elements, with a gold/yellow garment and a white face/torso; to the far right appear red/brown background elements and additional human figures or attendants in lighter colors. Several areas are damaged with missing paint and stucco flakes, particularly near the right edge and along the center fold/crack. No clear cartouche (royal name in an oval) is confidently legible from this image. No Greek/Coptic/Arabic is visible.

funerary Third Intermediate Period (catalogue ground truth; specific sub-date unclear from image alone). fragmentary
Materials stuccopigment (red, black, yellow, blue-green)wood (implied by catalogue; not directly confirmable in photo)
Signs Hieroglyphic text (mixed determinatives and phonograms; individual signs not confidently legible at this resolution) ×50
Visible text "Inscription appears as multiple vertical/horizontal lines of hieroglyphs in the center and right; exact transcription not reliably legible from the provided image."

Connections

Found at Egypt
Deities HorusIsis

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 37.1386E tier-2
  • BKM-Object 117936 tier-2
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