Left shoulder with Aten cartouches, from statue of Akhenaten or Nefertiti leaning forward

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.

Fragment of indurated limestone showing part of the left shoulder from an Amarna-period statue, with carved Aten-themed cartouche-like signs on the surface.

The object is a roughly triangular/irregular stone fragment preserving the lower edge of a shoulder contour. The surface is light gray to off-white and shows tool marks and surface wear consistent with an archaeological limestone fragment. Near the center there is a shallowly carved oval/arch-like element containing stacked, horizontal lines and short strokes that resemble hieroglyphic sign components associated with Aten royal titulary/cartouche forms, though the full wording and outer cartouche frame are not fully preserved. No clearly identifiable deity figure is present—only the iconography of Aten-related text-signs. There is no visible Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text. No cartouche name is fully legible; the royal name is therefore treated as unclear rather than guessed. The piece matches the catalogue subject type (shoulder fragment with Aten cartouche signs from an Akhenaten/Nefertiti statue) in that it is a shoulder fragment with cartouche-like inscriptions, but the specific content cannot be read completely from the image.