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Relief with cartouches of Aten New Kingdom, Amarna PeriodAmarna (Akhetaten)

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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. 19.7 cm (7 3/4 in); w. 27.3 cm (10 3/4 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

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 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Cartouche(s) with internal hieroglyphs; exact royal titulary text unclear/undecipherable from image.

Connections

Deities Aten
Materials Limestone

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116246073 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 1991.237.18 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 544937 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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