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Offering table, Aten cartouche

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Description

New Kingdom, Amarna Period, Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten, ca. 1353–1336 B.C. Limestone, red paint. L. 10 × Th. 5.3 × D. 3.5 cm (3 15/16 × 2 1/16 × 1 3/8 in.); cartouche W. 2.8 cm. From: Great Temple of the Aten, pit outside southern wall, Amarna (Akhetaten), Middle Egypt, Egypt. Excavation: Petrie/Carter excavations, 1891–92. Subject: Cartouches. Credit: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1957.

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.

Limestone offering-table fragment with a shallow incised panel bordered by bands, containing what appears to be an Aten-associated inscription/cartouche area.

The image shows a broken fragment of a stone offering table (rectangular/rounded slab) with a recessed top surface and a decorative incised register. Within the incised panel are blocks of hieroglyph-like signs and a shaped element consistent with a cartouche or name-box area, though the precise wording is not fully legible at this resolution. The outer edges show wear consistent with breakage. No clearly defined painted areas are visible in the supplied image (any color, if present, is not distinct enough to confirm red paint). No figural deities are visible; the decoration is primarily textual/symbolic. There is no visible Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text.

hieroglyphic only New Kingdom, Amarna Period (c. 18th dynasty; Aten/Amarna context) fragmentary
Deities Aten
Materials limestone (light gray/cream stone)
Signs incised name-box/cartouche-like enclosure with surrounding hieroglyph signs (Aten name area not fully legible)

Connections

Found at Amarna (Akhetaten)
Deities Aten

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116273479 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 57.180.6 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 549661 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.
  • 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.