Fragment of Stela depicting a figure labeled 'excellent spirit of Re' facing Ramesses I and Ahmose-Nefertari beneath the barque of Re

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.

Broken limestone fragment of a New Kingdom stela with a worn scene/figure and dense vertical hieroglyphic inscription across the visible face.

The image shows a roughly triangular/irregular fragment of a limestone stela, with much of the surface chipped and fractured. On the left and center of the surviving area there appears to be a carved human figure or figure-adjacent area rendered in low relief, though facial/body details are largely lost due to damage. Across multiple horizontal bands (and likely between them) are rows of hieroglyphs in darkened carved lines; some signs remain partially legible but most are too incomplete to identify confidently. No clear cartouches are visible in the provided fragment, and there is no unambiguous depiction of the solar barque (Re’s barque) or the labeled epithet “excellent spirit of Re” that would allow confirmation of the catalogue’s specific wording. The right side includes additional vertical/horizontal groupings of signs, but damage obscures their reading. Overall, the fragment is consistent in general style and material with a Ramesside-period stela inscription, but key elements required to verify the catalogue title are not clearly observable in this image.