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Arm at wrist, Aten cartouches

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Description

New Kingdom, Amarna Period, Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten, ca. 1353–1336 B.C. Indurated limestone. H. 11 × W. 6.2 × D. 6.5 cm (4 5/16 × 2 7/16 × 2 9/16 in.); Cartouche: W. 2.2 cm (7/8 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.

Stone fragment shaped like an arm at the wrist with incised registers and cartouche-like ovals containing hieroglyphic signs.

The image shows a light-colored stone fragment, broken on multiple sides, with a form interpreted by the catalogue as an arm segment at the wrist. Along the visible face are two vertical, rounded cartouche-like frames bordered by incised hieroglyphic signs. The left framed area contains several wedge-like and line signs arranged vertically; the right framed area contains additional hieroglyphic elements and a central sign group resembling a cartouche interior. Small losses and tool marks are visible on the surface, and the carved details are worn but still legible as hieroglyphic ornamentation. No figures of deities are clearly depicted beyond the hieroglyphic inscriptions, and no additional text systems (Greek/Coptic/Arabic) are visible.

decorative New Kingdom, Amarna Period (18th dynasty, likely 14th century BCE) fragmentary
Deities Aten (name not fully readable, but catalogue alignment suggests Aten cartouches)
Materials indurated limestone (light gray/cream)
Signs cartouche-like frame (oval/shield shape) containing hieroglyphs ×2
Visible text "Two cartouche-like vertical panels with incised hieroglyphic signs; exact Aten cartouche text not fully legible at this resolution."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Two cartouche-like vertical panels with incised hieroglyphic signs; exact Aten cartouche text not fully legible at this resolution.

Connections

Found at Amarna (Akhetaten)
Deities Aten

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116273442 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 57.180.28 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 549680 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.