Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · stela

Stela of Seankhptah

Source of record: Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) — catalogued by the holding institution. View the original record →

Description

Granite

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 rounded Egyptian stela in relief showing two standing figures in front of a central offering or symbol area with surrounding hieroglyphic text bands.

The image shows a single stone stela with a roughly rounded top. In the central register, two male human figures stand facing forward in profile-forward posture, both wearing short kilts and holding staffs or scepters (one raised vertically, the other held near the chest/torso). Above and between them are additional carved elements and signs, including what appear to be offering/table-like details and vertically arranged hieroglyphic columns. The lower register contains more densely packed hieroglyphic text. No cartouche is clearly legible at this resolution, and no clearly readable individual names are confirmed. The surface appears weathered but retains legible relief contours; there is no visible modern inscription, and no Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible.

religious Middle Kingdom (as catalogued); exact reign/date unclear from image alone. fragmentary
Deities unknown
Materials stonegranite (catalogued; visual confirmation unclear but surface appears igneous)
Signs hieroglyphic text in columns/registers (unclear specific signs) ×10

Connections

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116235130 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 05.4.259 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 555870 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
About this record's data
  • From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
  • AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
  • Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.