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Walters Art Museum (Egyptian) · jewelry
Votive Slab in the Form of a Shrine
Description
<p>This votive slab is shaped like a shrine. Inside the shrine, in relief, is a figure of Abydos representing Osiris. The piece has sunk relief on the sides and back with Isis, Horus, and inscriptions. The piece is broken at the top and bottom.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/22.419' rel='external'>Votive Slab in the Form of a Shrine</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.
A gray slate votive slab carved in the form of a small shrine with a recessed niche containing a seated, human-headed figure holding offerings or insignia.
The object is a vertically oriented, shrine-shaped slab with a rounded top and plain side borders. Within a rectangular doorway/opening, a smaller niche encloses a standing/seated human-like figure rendered in low relief. The figure appears to wear a headdress and has arms positioned in front of the body, suggesting an offering stance; additional low-relief details around the niche frame the composition. No legible hieroglyphic text is visible on the exterior in this image; the focus is on the central figure and architectural shrine framing. The sculpture is dark gray and consistent with slate, though fine surface details are worn/eroded.
religious
unclear (style not securely datable from this single image)
fragmentary
Deities
unknown (seated/standing human figure within shrine niche; could represent an offering figure or deity/beneficiary, but not securely identifiable from the image)
Materials
gray slate
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
English description
[Inscription]
Cross-references (2)
- Walters-AccNum 22.419 tier-2
- Walters-id 17006 tier-2
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