Ancient Egyptian stele (painted wood) showing a certain Ankh-auf-Mut adoring the seated deity Osiris. Artist unknown; Third Intermediate Period. Now in the Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA.
Limestone stela of Seba, scribe of the treasury of the god Ptah. Seba is shown with an offering table, adoring the enthroned god Osiris, who is flanked by Isis and Nephthys. Artist unknown; ca. 1250 BCE (19th Dynasty, New Kingdom). Now in the Neues Museum, Berlin. Photo credit: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP/Wikimedia Commons.
Slab stela (limestone with traces of paint) above the false door from the tomb of Metjetji. Artist unknown; ca. 2353-2323 BCE (Dynasty 5-6, Old Kingdom). From Saqqara; now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Detail from a limestone stela of the 11th Dynasty Egyptian ruler Intef II Wahankh (r. ca. 2108-2059 BCE). Now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Limestone votive stela of Userhat. Artist unknown; ca. 1353-1323 BCE (late 18th Dynasty, New Kingdom). Now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Ancient Egyptian statue (painted limestone) of a scribe named Roy. A solar hymn is written on the attached stela, and it is thought that Roy is depicted in the act of chanting that hymn. Artist unknown; ca. 1427-1400 BCE (reign of Amenhotep II, 18th Dynasty, New Kingdom). Found at Thebes; now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Ancient Egyptian stela of Nacht-Mahes-eru. Artist unknown; ca.664-610 BCE (26th [Saite] Dynasty, Late Period). Now in the National Museum in Warsaw.
Limestone funerary stela of Amanu. Artist unknown; possibly late 11th Dynasty (ca. 2069-2010 BCE). From Dendera; now in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Photo credit: LACMA.
Unfinished stela (wood, gesso, and paint) showing a man making an offering to the falcon-headed deity Re-Horakty. Artist unknown; ca. 712-663 BCE (25th Dynasty, Third Intermediate Period). Now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Ancient Egyptian anhydrite cippus (magical stela) depicting the god Horus. Artist unknown; 664-30 BCE (Late Period or Ptolemaic). Now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Fragment of an ancient Egyptian stele (painted limestone) showing Queen Nefertiti tying an ornamental collar around the neck of her husband, the pharaoh Akhenaten. Artist unknown; ca. 1345 BCE (18th Dynasty, New Kingdom). Now in the Neues Museum, Berlin. Photo credit: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP/Wikimedia Commons.
Stela (wood, gesso, and paint) of Irtihareru, Temple-Servant of Amun. Artist unknown; ca. 750-525 BCE (25th [Kushite] or 26th [Saite] Dynasty), Late Period. Now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Ancient Egyptian stela (painted limestone) depicting Siamun, lector priest of Amun, and his mother, the singer Amenhotep, receiving offerings from the chantress Iretnofret (probably Siamun's wife). Artist unknown; ca. 1420 BCE (18th Dynasty, New Kingdom). Now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Fragment of an ancient Greek grave stele from the Piraeus Gate area, Athens, depicting the deceased as a bearded boxer. Artist unknown; ca. 560-550 BCE. Now in the Kerameikos Archaeological Museum. Photo credit: Dorieo, Wikimedia Commons (License CC-BY-SA 4.0)
Painted wooden stela of Tabakenkhonsu. Artist unknown; ca. 680-670 BCE (25th [Kushite] Dynasty, Late Period). Found at Deir el-Bahri; now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Ancient Egyptian funerary stela (pigment and plaster on wood) of a woman named Takhenemet. Artist unknown; ca. 775-653 BCE (25th Dynasty, Third Intermediate Period). Now in the Brooklyn Museum.
Limestone tomb stela of Hetepsi. Artist unknown; ca. 2323-2100 BCE (Old Kingdom). Found at Dendera; now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.