Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · stela
Part of a (back?) pillar or stela with the first cartouche of the Aten New Kingdom, Amarna PeriodAmarna (Akhetaten)
Description
(Back?) pillar or stela, first cartouche of the Aten. New Kingdom, Amarna Period, Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten, ca. 1353–1336 B.C. Red quartzite. H. 9.2 × W. 12.6 × D. 9.6 cm (3 5/8 × 4 15/16 × 3 3/4 in.); slab: Th. 5.8 cm (2 5/16 in.); inset to connective stone: L. 2.8 cm (1 1/8 in.); cartouche: W. 7.6 cm (3 in.). From: Great Temple of the Aten, pit outside southern wall, Amarna (Akhetaten), Middle Egypt, Egypt. Excavation: Petrie/Carter excavations, 1891–92. Subject: Cartouches. Credit: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1957.
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)
Partial incised royal-name/cartuched enclosure and internal horizontal sign elements; exact reading unclear due to breakage and erosion.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116245366 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 57.180.60 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 553779 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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