Relief with the cartouches of Aten
Description
Talatat, cartouches of Aten. New Kingdom, Amarna Period, Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten, ca. 1353–1336 B.C. Limestone, paint (mostly modern). h. 24.1 cm (9 1/2 in); w. 54 cm (21 1/4 in). Probably originally from: Amarna (Akhetaten). Subject: Cartouches. Credit: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan P. Rosen, 1991.
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.
Stone relief fragment bearing incised hieroglyphic cartouches associated with Aten from the Amarna period.
The image shows a rectangular limestone relief fragment with a horizontally oriented band of carved hieroglyphs. The signs are incised in outline and some appear worn/eroded; no clear figure scenes are preserved, only the epigraphic band. The central area contains ring-like and looped glyph forms consistent with cartouche/bordered royal titulary conventions, but individual signs are partly damaged, preventing confident identification of specific name contents. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible. Any remaining paint appears negligible in the photograph; no clearly modern paint application can be confirmed from the image alone.
Inscriptions (1)
Visible text (machine reading)
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116246074 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 1991.237.16 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544935 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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