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right upper arm with Aten cartouches

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Description

Right upper arm (?), Aten cartouches. New Kingdom, Amarna Period, Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten, ca. 1353–1336 B.C. Red quartzite. H. 3.5 × W. 6 × D. 2.2 cm (1 3/8 × 2 3/8 × 7/8 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.

Fragment of a carved reddish stone object shaped like a right upper arm, with incised facial-like motifs and surrounding carved detailing resembling hieroglyphic/cartouche-like forms.

The image shows a small sculpted stone fragment with a rounded, arm-like contour on one side and two adjacent carved cartouche-like panels. Each panel contains horizontal bands of carved elements that resemble hieroglyphic signs; the right panel also includes a dark circular/oval drilled opening or recessed area within the carved field. The overall carving style and the presence of cartouche-like rectangular framing suggest an inscription-bearing royal or titular element, consistent in general with an Aten/cartouche theme from the Amarna Period. No clearly legible Aten name or full cartouche text can be confidently read at this resolution. The surface is weathered/pitted, with darker weathering in recessed areas.

royal New Kingdom, Amarna Period (18th Dynasty, reign of Akhenaten) fragmentary
Deities Aten (cartouche context implied; not legible)
Royals unknown (cartouche text not legible)
Materials red quartzite
Signs cartouche-like framed sign cluster (not legible) ×2

Connections

Found at Amarna (Akhetaten)
Deities Aten
Materials Red Quartzite

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116273434 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 57.180.44 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 549692 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.
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  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.