Tablet with cartouches of Aten, Akhenaten and Nefertiti
Description
New Kingdom, Amarna Period, Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten, ca. 1353–1336 B.C. yellow quartzite. H. 13.7 × W. 13.5 × D. 5.8 cm (5 3/8 × 5 5/16 × 2 5/16 in.); estimated Aten cartouche: W. 5.7 cm (2 1/4 in.). From: Amarna (Akhetaten), Middle Egypt, Egypt. Excavation: Petrie/Carter excavations, 1891–92. Subject: Cartouches, Hieroglyphs. Credit: Gift of Edward S. Harkness, 1921.
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.
Rectangular stone tablet carved in low relief with an Egyptian cartouche-like register and additional decorative/hieroglyphic motifs, including a circular disc-like element at upper right.
The object is a broken rectangular slab of light-colored stone with relief carving across most of its visible face. On the lower left is a large cartouche-shaped oval containing hieroglyphic signs, while above and to the right are horizontal bands with stacked signs, including a zigzag/band motif. At the upper right appears a circular or disc-like form, and at the lower center there is a cluster of small signs and a wavy/zigzag band. The relief is worn and partially broken, but no Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible. The catalogue title states it contains cartouches of Aten, Akhenaten, and Nefertiti; the visible lower-left cartouche-like element supports the presence of cartouche(s), but the specific names (Aten/Akhenaten/Nefertiti) and the exact deity determinatives are not clearly legible in this image, so these identifications are marked unclear.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116272822 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 21.9.5 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 550052 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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- 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.
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