Wrist
Description
New Kingdom, Amarna Period, Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten, ca. 1353–1336 B.C. Indurated limestone. H. 6 × W. 7.5 × D. 5.5 cm (2 3/8 × 2 15/16 × 2 3/16 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
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 small fragment of pale, chalky stone shaped like part of a wrist ornament, with a faint red-painted marking on the upper left surface and slight carved/formed edges on one face.
The image shows a single, irregularly broken piece of light-colored limestone or similar stone. One side is smoother and planar, while another face has a curved/formed outline consistent with a detached portion of an object worn on the wrist. Near the upper left area there are traces of red pigment/paint applied in a small pattern. No complete hieroglyphs, cartouches, or readable inscriptions are visible; any shallow marks appear too indistinct to identify as specific signs. No figures of deities or royal iconography are clearly preserved on this fragment. The object’s overall shape and wear/breakage are consistent with a fragmentary wrist piece rather than a free-standing inscription block.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116273023 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 21.9.463 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 549837 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.