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

Nefertiti

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Description

Object Label: Occasionally we can identify one of the members of the Amarna royal family by a unique characteristic. The woman on this column drum has a tall, flat-topped crown worn exclusively by Nefertiti. This same headdress appears on the famous bust of the queen that is in the Berlin Museum. Caption: Nefertiti, ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E.. Limestone, pigment, 9 1/4 × 15 × 1 3/4 in. (23.5 × 38.1 × 4.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 71.89. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06

Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

An ancient Egyptian relief depicting a pharaoh offering to a deity.

This is a finely carved limestone relief showing a pharaoh, identifiable by the traditional regalia, offering a bouquet to a deity. The style is characteristic of the Amarna period with elongated forms and detailed facial features. Hieroglyphics are present above the figures.

religious New Kingdom good
Deities Aten
Royals unknown
Materials limestone
Signs ankh djed
Visible text "nfr nfr nTr"

Connections

Found at Tell el-Amarna
Deities Aten
Royals Nefertiti
Materials Limestone

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 71.89 tier-2
  • BKM-Object 3805 tier-2
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