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Corner Relief Fragment with King Ptolemy II Philadelphos, Mehyet, and Onuris-Shu

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Description

<p>The patron deities of ancient Samannud, the war and air god Onuris-Shu and his lioness-headed mate, Mehyet, are shown enthroned on the outer face of this block. Originally, a king would have stood before them presenting offerings. Both gods hold an ankh (life symbol) and a scepter: his is the was scepter (symbolizing prosperity and dominion), hers is a papyrus scepter. On the inner face of the block, a king presents a floral offering to the divine couple, but only part of Onuris-Shu's figure remains.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/22.5' rel='external'>Corner Relief Fragment with King Ptolemy II Philadelphos, Mehyet, and Onuris-Shu</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>

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.

Two adjoining corner relief fragments carved with Egyptian-style royal and divine iconography in sunk relief.

The image shows two large stone fragments fitted together or photographed side-by-side. Each piece preserves parts of a figure in profile facing inward toward the center seam. The carvings include a human/royal figure with a kilt and a raised attribute/arm, flanked by shaped panel borders resembling architectural/corner relief conventions. One side preserves a bent/arched element that could be part of a shield or offering implement, while the other side preserves a vertical staff-like element and a rectangular belt or garment detail. The surface is worn with breaks along edges, and much of any fine hieroglyphic text is obscured or eroded; no clearly legible hieroglyphs are present in the visible area. The overall style resembles Egyptian temple relief from the Ptolemaic period, but the specific names/deities cannot be confirmed from the image quality.

religious unclear; likely Ptolemaic-period Egyptian temple relief style (based on catalogue title), but not confirmable from image alone fragmentary
Materials stone (exact type unclear from image)

Connections

Deities Shu
Royals Ptolemy II

Cross-references (2)

  • Walters-AccNum 22.5 tier-2
  • Walters-id 8599 tier-2
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  • From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Walters Art Museum (Egyptian).
  • AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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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.