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Element with part of cartouche and titulary of Akhenaten

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Description

Name and part of titulary of Akhenaten. New Kingdom, Amarna Period, Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten, ca. 1353–1336 B.C. Red quartzite. H. 7.2 × W. 21.5 × D. 7.2 cm (2 13/16 × 8 7/16 × 2 13/16 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.

Shaped stone fragment with partial incised cartouche-like and titulary-style hieroglyphic signs on a flat, polished surface.

The image shows a reddish-brown stone fragment (likely quartzite) with a broad, flat face bearing shallow to medium-relief incised lines. On the left side there are rectangular and curved hieroglyphic elements that resemble parts of royal titulary/cartouche formatting, including a band-like arrangement and curved sign strokes. The center includes a distinctive loop/arc and adjacent linear signs, but the full sequence is incomplete due to breakage. The right edge preserves one large curved/looped component consistent with part of a cartouche interior sign, yet the rest of the cartouche is missing. No readable complete cartouche is preserved, and the exact spellings cannot be confirmed from this view. No Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible.

unclear New Kingdom, Amarna Period (Akhenaten), per catalogue; inscription visible only in fragmentary, non-fully-readable form fragmentary
Materials red quartzite
Signs partial cartouche/titulary hieroglyph block (fragmentary) ×6

Connections

Found at Amarna (Akhetaten)
Royals Akhenaten
Materials Red Quartzite

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116273606 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 57.180.68 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 567658 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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  • 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.
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  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.