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Goblet Inscribed with the Names of King Amenhotep IV and Queen Nefertiti

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Description

New Kingdom, Amarna Period, Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten, ca. 1353–1336 B.C. Travertine (Egyptian alabaster). H. 14 (5 1/2 in.); Diam. 10.5 cm (4 1/8 in.). From: Egypt. Credit: Gift of Edward S. Harkness, 1922.

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 small Egyptian stone goblet with a shallow incised register of painted hieroglyphs on its bowl.

The object is a single-piece goblet with a flared, rounded bowl, a narrow stem, and a slightly spreading foot. The surface appears light, ivory- to cream-colored with vertical tool marks typical of carved stone. On the interior of the bowl is a rectangular border containing multiple rows of hieroglyphs; the signs are painted in a dark red/brown pigment and include what looks like cartouche-like rectangular elements and surrounding determinatives, though the exact reading is unclear at this resolution. No figural deities or royal personages are depicted; the inscription is the main feature. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible.

decorative New Kingdom, Amarna Period (18th Dynasty, reign of Akhenaten/Amenhotep IV) — consistent with cataloguing; inscription style appears Amarna-era but is not legible with certainty. good
Royals unknown (inscription likely includes names of Amenhotep IV/Akhenaten and Nefertiti per catalogue, but exact spellings are not legible in the image)
Materials travertine (egyptian alabaster) or similar light pale carved stonepainted dark red/brown pigment for the hieroglyphs
Signs Hieroglyphic inscription enclosed in a bordered rectangle (including cartouche-like elements) ×30
Visible text "Unable to reliably transcribe; hieroglyphs are visible in a bordered rectangle on the bowl interior but the individual signs are not clear enough for an accurate excerpt."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Unable to reliably transcribe; hieroglyphs are visible in a bordered rectangle on the bowl interior but the individual signs are not clear enough for an accurate excerpt.

Connections

Royals AkhenatenNefertiti

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116243379 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 22.9.1 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 545756 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.