Element with names of Nefertiti and Ankhesenpaaten
Description
New Kingdom, Amarna Period, Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten, ca. 1353–1336 B.C. Red quartzite. H. 13.5 × W. 15 × D. 8 cm (5 5/16 × 5 7/8 × 3 1/8 in.); cartouche: W. 6 cm (2 3/8 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.
A broken, wedge-shaped red quartzite inscribed element with incised hieroglyphs and a partial cartouche-like oval containing multiple signs.
The object is a small, fragmentary stone element in a reddish material. One face is carved with incised hieroglyphic signs arranged in horizontal bands. A prominent rounded oval/arciform form dominates the upper register, within which several small signs are visible but too incomplete to read confidently. Below, additional groups of hieroglyphs occur in a band, including several wedge-like vertical strokes and other indeterminate sign elements; a vertical dividing line is also visible between sign groups. The back/other surfaces are not clearly inscribed. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible in the image; only Egyptian-style incised hieroglyphs are apparent.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116273616 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 57.180.59 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 567653 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.