Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · statue

Relief Fragment of Akhenaten

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Description

Caption: Relief Fragment of Akhenaten, ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E.. Limestone, 9/16 x 3 1/8 in. (1.4 x 7.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 36.964. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06

Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

A fragmentary artifact with some decorative carvings.

The artifact is a small, broken piece that seems to be part of a larger object, possibly made from limestone. It features some carvings that are difficult to discern in detail due to the fragmentary condition. The style suggests it could have been part of an ornate design, but precise identification is challenging.

decorative unknown fragmentary
Materials limestone

Connections

Found at Tell el-Amarna
Royals Akhenaten
Materials Limestone

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 36.964 tier-2
  • BKM-Object 47043 tier-2
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  • From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
  • 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.