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

Relief of Queen Nefertiti

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Description

Sandstone

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.

The artifact depicts a profile view of an Egyptian figure with hieroglyphs.

This relief shows a profile view of a figure with detailed head and shoulder features, wearing a headdress. The style is consistent with Egyptian relief work with precise carvings. Next to the figure are vertical hieroglyphs, likely indicating the figure's identity or role. Notable features include the detailed hairstyle and the headdress design.

religious New Kingdom good
Materials limestone
Signs reclining man basket
Visible text "Nfr nfr"

Connections

Found at Karnak
Royals Nefertiti
Materials Limestone

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116243278 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 61.117 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 545803 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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  • 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.
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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.