Late Image of Nefertiti
Description
Object Label: Nefertiti here wears the so-called Nubian wig. Formerly this wig had been worn almost exclusively by Nubian soldiers serving in pharaoh's army. Nefertiti seems to have adopted it as her personal symbol. She popularized the Nubian wig to such an extent that both men and women frequently wore it at el Amarna. Caption: Late Image of Nefertiti, ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E.. Sandstone, pigment, 11 9/16 x 3 15/16 x 17 1/8 in. (29.3 x 10 x 43.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 35.1999. (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.
A weathered sandstone relief fragment showing a seated female figure with incised details and traces of colored pigment, surrounded by carved contours that may represent a border or ground line.
The image depicts a broken, rounded-edged stone relief fragment. In the center-left is the head and upper torso of a human figure facing left, with a stylized wig/headdress indicated by carved ridges and a profile with an eye and nose rendered in low relief. Beneath the head and along the torso there are rows of incised wedge-like marks and patterned lines that likely form clothing or a decorative panel. The right side shows additional carved contours and a curved border line suggesting the fragment is part of a larger scene. Faint blue pigment appears in the incised/low-relief areas on the central motif, indicating that the relief was originally painted. No legible hieroglyphs, cartouches, or readable inscriptions are visible on the fragment as photographed. The overall subject and iconography cannot be confirmed from the image alone to specifically identify Nefertiti; the catalogue attribution therefore cannot be verified visually.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 35.1999 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3375 tier-2
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