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

Fragment, Aten cartouche

Source of record: Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) — catalogued by the holding institution. View the original record →

Description

Yellow quartzite

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 fragment of an ancient Egyptian relief featuring hieroglyphs.

This fragmentary relief displays a portion of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs carved into limestone. The style is consistent with traditional hieroglyphic inscriptions, with discernible glyphs depicting elements typical of Egyptian script. The craftsmanship suggests it was part of a larger composition, possibly a temple wall or stele.

hieroglyphic only unknown fragmentary
Materials limestone
Signs eye of Horus

Connections

Materials Limestone

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116272824 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 21.9.446 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 550051 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.