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Relief with cartouches of Aten

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Description

Talatat, cartouches of Aten. New Kingdom, Amarna Period, Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten, ca. 1353–1336 B.C. Limestone, paint (mostly modern). h. 23.5 cm (9 1/4 in); w. 54.6 cm (21 1/2 in). Probably originally from: Amarna (Akhetaten). Subject: Hieroglyphs. 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.

A weathered limestone relief fragment carved with multiple cartouche-like cartouches containing hieroglyphic signs.

The image shows a horizontally oriented relief fragment with shallow carving and traces of (mostly absent/uncertain) paint. Several ovals/rounded cartouche frames or cartouche-like outlines are carved across the top register, each containing simplified hieroglyphic elements. Below them are additional horizontal bands of hieroglyphic text and decorative sign forms. A left margin shows a larger vertical group of signs, but individual sign identification is uncertain due to erosion and low contrast. No clear Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible. The catalogue title specifies cartouches of Aten; however, the specific Aten name sign sequence within the cartouches cannot be confidently read from this image, so deities and royal names are left as unclear where necessary.

decorative New Kingdom, Amarna Period (per catalogue ground truth; specific reading not confirmable from image) fragmentary
Deities Aten (unclear from image)
Materials limestone (carved surface)paint traces (uncertain/mostly absent in image)
Signs cartouche-like oval frames (exact contents unclear) ×3

Connections

Deities Aten
Materials Limestone

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116246072 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 1991.237.17 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 544936 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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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.