Stela of the temple servant of Amun Irtihareru adoring Re-Harakhty and

A painted wooden stela with an arched top, its upper register showing two seated deities with red and blue crowns, each facing a standing worshipper with raised arms. Below, several rows of hieroglyphic text fill the lower field in green, red and black on a pale ground.

Look closer: Hieroglyphic columns of text run down the center, between the two deities.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 721–525 BCE

Medium

Wood, gesso, paint

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

2991 × 4000 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1930