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Arm at shoulder, Aten cartouches

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Description

New Kingdom, Amarna Period, Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten, ca. 1353–1336 B.C. Indurated limestone. H. 7 × W. 6 × D. 2 cm (2 3/4 × 2 3/8 × 13/16 in.); Cartouche: W. 2.5 cm (1 in.). From: Great Temple of the Aten, pit outside southern wall, Amarna (Akhetaten), Middle Egypt, Egypt. Excavation: Petrie/Carter excavations, 1891–92. 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.

Fragmentary carved limestone relief/figurative element showing two raised, stylized arm/hand forms with a central vertical motif and curved border lines.

The object is a broken, irregular fragment of pale limestone with two symmetrical, raised forms resembling hands/arms positioned at the sides of a central vertical band. The carving includes curving, shield- or banner-like outlines and repeated horizontal bar elements within the right and left halves. A central vertical incised line and surrounding incised details suggest the fragment once belonged to a larger figure or scene and may include parts of cartouches or royal titulary, though the readable content is not fully preserved. No clear depictions of distinct deities are identifiable from the visible fragment.

royal New Kingdom, Amarna Period (c. reign of Akhenaten) — consistent with catalogue context, though specific text/carto(u)ches are not fully readable on the fragment. fragmentary
Deities unknown
Royals unknown
Materials indurated limestone (pale, light-colored stone)
Signs cartouche-like oval/bowed enclosure (partial) ×2
Visible text "Only partial, non-fully readable cartouche/enclosure forms and incised sign elements are visible; no definitive legible royal name or Aten formula can be transcribed from this fragment."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Only partial, non-fully readable cartouche/enclosure forms and incised sign elements are visible; no definitive legible royal name or Aten formula can be transcribed from this fragment.

Connections

Found at Amarna (Akhetaten)
Deities Aten

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116273445 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 57.180.25 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 549677 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.