Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other

Torso of Akhenaten

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Description

Indurated limestone

AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06

Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

The artifact is a fragmentary torso of a statue with visible cartouches.

The artifact is a fragmentary torso of what appears to be a statue. It depicts part of the upper body, with visible cartouches on the chest, suggesting a royal connection. The craftsmanship suggests attention to anatomical detail and the prominence of the cartouches indicates its significance.

royal New Kingdom fragmentary
Royals unknown
Materials limestone
Signs cartouche ×3

Connections

Royals Akhenaten
Materials Limestone
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  • 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.
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