Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Hands offering Aten cartouches (upper part of cartouches are a cast of British Museum EA 58471) New Kingdom, Amarna PeriodAmarna (Akhetaten)
Description
Hands offering, Aten cartouches. New Kingdom, Amarna Period, Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten, ca. 1352–1336 BCE. Indurated limestone. Max.: H. 25 × W. 19.5 × D. 17 cm, 5.4 kg (9 13/16 × 7 11/16 × 6 11/16 in., 11.8 lb.);Stela: H. 20 × W. 14 × D. 6.5 cm (7 7/8 × 5 1/2 × 2 9/16 in.). From: Great Temple of the Aten, pit outside southern wall, Amarna (Akhetaten), Middle Egypt, Egypt. Excavation: Petrie/Carter excavations, 1891–92. Credit: Gift of Edward S. Harkness, 1921.
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.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116273060 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 21.9.431 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 549821 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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