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Torso/belt of the king with Aten cartouches

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Description

Torso/Belt of Akhenaten fragment, cartouches. New Kingdom, Amarna Period, Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten, ca. 1353–1336 B.C. Indurated limestone. H. 10 × W. 11 × D. 4.4 cm (3 15/16 × 4 5/16 × 1 3/4 in.); cartouche: W. 2.6 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.

A fragment of an inscribed stone object showing part of a cartouche-like cartouche border and short lines of hieroglyphs, within an arched/rectangular frame.

The image shows a roughly rectangular/strap-like fragment of pale, light-colored stone with chipped edges on the right and lower portions. A recessed incised band curves across the face, containing multiple grouped hieroglyph signs in low relief or incised outlines. At the left end of the band there is a circular/oval sign resembling an eye-like element paired with adjacent small marks; at the center there is a rectangular cartouche-like enclosure with internal short line strokes; near the right there are several short horizontal/diagonal strokes resembling additional hieroglyphic characters. The overall layout suggests an inscribed royal name cartouche(s), consistent with the catalogue description of Aten cartouches, though the specific Aten spelling and full royal name are not fully legible in this image fragment. No clear depictions of figures or deities are visible. No Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible.

decorative New Kingdom, Amarna Period (18th dynasty, Amarna/Akhetaten) — based on catalogue ground truth; inscription details are too fragmentary to confirm precisely from the image alone. fragmentary
Deities Aten (implied by catalogue; not clearly legible/confirmable from visible fragment)
Royals unknown (partial cartouche fragment only; Aten cartouche implied by catalogue)
Materials indurated limestone (catalogue material; pale stone fragment consistent visually)
Signs cartouche-like framed group (partially preserved) eye-like/oval sign within the band (unidentified) short line strokes/feather-like marks (unidentified) ×4
Visible text "Partially preserved hieroglyphs within a curved framed band; individual words and the Aten cartouche text are not fully legible from this fragmentary image."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Partially preserved hieroglyphs within a curved framed band; individual words and the Aten cartouche text are not fully legible from this fragmentary image.

Connections

Found at Amarna (Akhetaten)
Deities Aten
Royals Akhenaten

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116273438 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 57.180.36 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 549685 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.