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The Stela of Suty & Hor

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1. Stela of Suty & Hor

The stela of Suty & Hor (1) (New Kingdom) depicts the two men together in the centre, surrounded by a body of text.  Based on the text's description of the two having been born on the same day, many assume the stela to depict twin brothers.  As aforementioned, twinship is rarely noted in Egyptian depictions, but this is not the most important factor to consider here; rather, that falls to the terminology with which the two are together refered.  The stela actually makes clear their relationship: it is sn, which is used to denote a husband or lover (Reeder).