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waist area from a statue of the king

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Description

New Kingdom, Amarna Period, Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten, ca. 1353–1336 B.C. Red quartzite. H. 18.5 × W. 18 × D. 7 cm (7 5/16 × 7 1/16 × 2 3/4 in.); cartouche: W. 3.3 cm (1 5/16 in.). From: Great Temple of the Aten, pit outside southern wall, Amarna (Akhetaten), Middle Egypt, Egypt. Excavation: Petrie/Carter excavations, 1891–92. Credit: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1957.

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.

Stone fragment showing carved dress/waist area with incised bands of hieroglyph-like signs and curving decorative elements.

The object is a roughly rounded/irregular stone fragment with surface wear and chipping along the edges. Two main incised zones are visible: (1) a curved, raised/outlined element in the upper middle resembling the fold of a garment or belt area, and (2) several diagonal, striated bands across the lower portion that look like applied/engraved linear decoration. In the lower left and central area there are small clustered incisions resembling hieroglyphs (including a sign with an eye-like/oval shape and adjacent strokes), but the full sign sequence is incomplete due to breakage and limited visibility. No clearly legible royal name, full cartouche, or complete deity determinative is identifiable from the fragment as shown. The stone appears brownish to reddish in tone, consistent with the catalogued material. No Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible.

unclear New Kingdom, Amarna period (based on catalogue ground truth; no fully diagnostic text preserved in the image). fragmentary
Materials stone (reddish-brown tone, consistent with red quartzite)
Signs partial hieroglyphic sign cluster (unidentified due to breakage) ×3
Visible text "Partial, non-fully legible incised signs; no complete cartouche or readable royal titulary preserved on the visible portion."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Partial, non-fully legible incised signs; no complete cartouche or readable royal titulary preserved on the visible portion.

Connections

Found at Amarna (Akhetaten)
Deities Aten

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116273631 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 57.180.47 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 567641 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
About this record's data
  • From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
  • 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.