Offering list stela
Description
New Kingdom, Amarna Period, Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten, ca. 1353–1336 B.C. Red quartzite. H. 18 × W. 20 × D. 7 cm (7 1/16 × 7 7/8 × 2 3/4 in.); row: 3.8 to 4.2 cm(1 1/2 in.). From: Great Temple of the Aten, pit outside southern wall, Amarna (Akhetaten), Middle Egypt, Egypt. Excavation: Petrie/Carter excavations, 1891–92. Subject: Hieroglyphs. 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.
Fragmentary Egyptian offering-list stela fragment carved in incised relief on a red quartzite surface, showing blocks of hieroglyphs and what may be part of a decorated register.
The object is a roughly triangular/irregular stone fragment with weathered, chipping edges. The front surface contains shallow, incised hieroglyphic signs arranged in horizontal bands/blocks. Some signs appear grouped like offering-list texts, but most details are eroded and discontinuous due to breakage. No clearly preserved human or divine figures are visible; the decoration is primarily text/signs rather than figural relief. The background/stone texture suggests a red quartzite material, consistent with the catalogued material. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible. No legible royal name/cartouche can be confidently identified from the remaining portions.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116249455 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 57.180.37d tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 577105 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.
- 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.