Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · statue

Relief of Nefertiti

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Description

Caption: Relief of Nefertiti, ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E.. Gray and pink granite, 4 13/16 x 2 3/8 x 1 15/16 in. (12.2 x 6 x 5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.64. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

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.

Stone relief fragment showing incised carved figures/ornament, with most details weathered and no legible inscription visible.

The photograph depicts a small, broken Egyptian relief block or fragment carved in raised/incised lines. The surface is heavily eroded, with a mottled gray-brown stone texture consistent with granite, and a visible diagonal crack and missing edges. The carving includes a central motif that could be part of a figure’s body/garment or a stand of relief elements, but facial features, identifiable regalia, and any clear hieroglyphs are not discernible due to wear and blur. No cartouche borders or intact royal-name groups are visible. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is apparent. Because the image lacks clear, confirmable iconographic or textual markers, the specific personage described by the catalogue cannot be verified from this photograph alone.

decorative New Kingdom, Amarna Period (catalogue ground truth; image details too unclear to confirm) fragmentary
Materials stone (granite; mottled gray-brown surface, consistent with catalogue)

Connections

Royals Nefertiti

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 16.64 tier-2
  • BKM-Object 3138 tier-2
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  • From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
  • 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.