Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · stela

Torso of Nefertiti from a dyad holding a stela in front of the bodies

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Description

Indurated limestone

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.

Fragment of a limestone statue depicting hieroglyphic inscriptions.

This artifact is a fragment of a limestone statue, characterized by detailed relief carvings. The notable feature is the multiple cartouches inscribed with hieroglyphs, suggesting a royal association. The composition shows a portion of a figure's torso, with distinctive carving lines and contour.

royal New Kingdom fragmentary
Materials limestone
Signs cartouche ×4

Connections

Royals Nefertiti
Materials Limestone

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116247549 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 21.9.4 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 544677 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
About this record's data
  • From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
  • AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
  • Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.