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Furniture Knob with Name of King
Description
<p>This knob belonged to a chest and was used to fasten it. The inscription shows the two divine names of Aten, the sun god of Amarna, in cartouches, and the names of King Akhenaten. The line below the cartouches contains the wish for eternal life.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.404' rel='external'>Furniture Knob with Name of King</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
English description
[Inscription]
Cross-references (2)
- Walters-AccNum 48.404 tier-2
- Walters-id 9743 tier-2
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