Trial Piece of Akhenaten
Description
Caption: Trial Piece of Akhenaten, ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E.. Limestone, 7 3/16 x 8 11/16 x 2 in. (18.3 x 22.1 x 5.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 36.880. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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.
A carved limestone block/panel showing a partially inscribed relief with a profile human head and shoulders within a larger outlined frame.
The image depicts a roughly rectangular, light-colored limestone block with surviving carved relief. Center-right is a rounded profile head facing left, with a defined brow, nose, and mouth; the head is enclosed by a thick curving outline that resembles a speech-bubble or framed cartouche-like boundary rather than a full cartouche itself. The figure’s headdress is unclear, though the surface includes shallow chisel marks and incisions that could relate to trial carving. Along the right side of the outlined area there is a small vertical rectangular notch/mark, and the lower portion shows a small protruding element at chest/neck level. The surrounding surface contains multiple faint grooves and tool marks consistent with a work-in-progress or trial piece. No clearly legible hieroglyph sequence is visible at this resolution. No other text systems (Greek/Coptic/Arabic) are present.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 36.880 tier-2
- BKM-Object 46932 tier-2
About this record's data
- 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.