Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · architecture
Relief with Akhenaten's cartouche
Description
Limestone, paint (mostly modern)
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.
Fragment of an ancient Egyptian stele with vertical column inscriptions.
This artifact is a fragmentary stele featuring vertical columns of hieroglyphs. The composition shows intricate carvings typical of Egyptian inscriptions, possibly from a religious or funerary context. The patterns suggest detailed craftsmanship, with some erosion evident. The texture and style indicate it may be an original artifact from an earlier Egyptian period.
hieroglyphic only
Middle Kingdom
fragmentary
Materials
limestone
Signs
Ankh
Djed
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116245878 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 1991.237.69 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544988 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
About this record's data
- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
- 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.
- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.