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Forearm with Aten cartouche New Kingdom, Amarna PeriodAmarna (Akhetaten)

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Description

Forearm, Aten cartouche. New Kingdom, Amarna Period, Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten, ca. 1353–1336 B.C. Indurated limestone. L. 15.5 × W. 7 × D. 6 cm (6 1/8 × 2 3/4 × 2 3/8 in.); Cartouche: W. 2.1 cm (13/16 in.). From: Great Temple of the Aten, Pit outside southern wall, Amarna (Akhetaten), Middle Egypt, Egypt. Excavation: Petrie/Carter excavations, 1891–92. Subject: Cartouches, Hieroglyphs. 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.

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Incised hieroglyphs within cartouche-like sign fields; exact excerpt not fully legible in the provided image.

Connections

Deities Aten

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116273021 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 21.9.496 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 549839 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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