Stela of the Sculptor Qen worshipping Amenhotep I and Ahmose-Nefertari

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 limestone stela showing multiple figures in registers, with a central seated/facing royal figure and attendants, and a lower scene of standing figures facing a seated/represented group before an inscription band.

The object is an arched stela with a turquoise-blue painted frame. Inside, the composition is arranged in two main registers. In the upper register, a central figure is seated or standing frontally under an elaborate crown/kemes-like headgear with a long staff or implement; the surrounding elements include two flanking figures holding or presenting items and what appear to be paired vertical symbols in the background. In the lower register, four human figures stand or kneel in a line facing right/forward; several wear striped crowns (one appears like a nemes-style headdress) and hold their hands in a worship/attendant pose. An inscription band with hieroglyphs runs across above the lower figures (and possibly below or around the lower register), though the exact names are not fully legible at this resolution. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible. The central vertical signs and overall iconography suggest a worship scene connected to royal/ancestral veneration, consistent in theme with an offering/worship stela, but specific royal names and deity identifications are not sufficiently clear to state with confidence from the image alone.