Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other

Back pillar of Torso with titles and cartouche of Akhenaten

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Description

Indurated limestone

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.

A carved limestone fragment with hieroglyphs.

The artifact is a fragmentary piece of limestone with clearly incised hieroglyphs. The carving style suggests careful workmanship. The surface is somewhat worn but the hieroglyphs remain legible, indicative of its antiquity. The piece is likely part of a larger inscription or decorative panel.

hieroglyphic only New Kingdom fragmentary
Materials limestone
Signs Horus name Ankh

Connections

Royals Akhenaten
Materials Limestone

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116272827 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 57.180.3 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 550042 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.