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Fragment with the cartouche of Akhenaten

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Description

New Kingdom, Amarna Period, Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten, ca. 1353–1336 B.C. Red quartzite. H. 9.8 × W. 10.8 × D. 5.9 cm (3 7/8 × 4 1/4 × 2 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.

Red quartzite fragment showing part of a cartouche-like inscription with a rounded loop form and adjacent vertical sign.

The image shows a roughly shaped fragment of red-colored stone with incised relief carving. On the left/center area there are two closely spaced, rounded/loop-like forms above an incised horizontal element. Near the center-right there is a prominent vertical, curving groove that resembles part of a hieroglyph or the interior stroke of a cartouche. Along the bottom edge there are additional short incised marks that could belong to surrounding hieroglyphs but are too incomplete to read confidently. No clear Aten/solar iconography, full cartouche frame, or complete king’s titulary is preserved in the view. No Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible.

decorative New Kingdom, Amarna Period (catalogued); exact readings not fully recoverable from the fragment fragmentary
Royals Akhenaten (implied by catalogue title; inscription not legible enough to confirm from image alone)
Materials red quartzite
Signs Cartouche-related enclosure/loop and adjacent vertical stroke (incomplete)
Visible text "Incomplete incised hieroglyphic/cartouche elements; no reliably readable full royal name in the provided image."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Incomplete incised hieroglyphic/cartouche elements; no reliably readable full royal name in the provided image.

Connections

Found at Amarna (Akhetaten)
Royals Akhenaten
Materials Red Quartzite

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116273614 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 57.180.62 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 567654 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.