Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · relief_fragment
Cobra, Hood (?), Aten cartouche New Kingdom, Amarna PeriodAmarna (Akhetaten)
Description
New Kingdom, Amarna Period, Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten, ca. 1353–1336 B.C. Limestone. H. 3 × W. 3.3 × D. 2.1 cm (1 3/16 × 1 5/16 × 13/16 in.); tenon 0.9 x 0.9 cm; cartouche W. 1.3 cm. 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
A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
AI reading of the photograph
Visible text (machine reading)
Oval/cartouche-like enclosure with horizontal banding and a small rounded element; no fully legible Aten or royal name signs preserved in the photo.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116273443 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 57.180.32 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 549684 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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