Fragment of a Round Topped Stela

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 limestone fragment of a round-topped stela showing three seated or standing figures in registers with surrounding hieroglyphic text, some pigment traces visible.

The object is a curved, arched-top fragment of a stela with a thick semicircular top edge consistent with a “round-topped” form. In the central main register, a large figure (left-to-center) faces right, holding or wearing items that are not fully legible due to breakage and erosion. Two smaller figures appear to the left and right, each flanking the central figure, with hands raised toward a central offering-like element. Behind and around the figures is a dense field of incised hieroglyphs arranged in vertical lines and blocks. Some areas retain reddish-brown pigment in crevices and on carved contours, suggesting painted decoration. The lower portion is broken away, leaving only the upper curved field and partial legs/backs of figures and the upper ends of some hieroglyph columns. No Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible.