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Foot and leg of Akhenaten or Nefertiti prostrate

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Description

Akhenaten or Nefertiti prostrate, foot/leg. New Kingdom, Amarna Period, Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten, ca. 1352–1336 B.C. Indurated limestone. L. 18 × W. 21 × D. 22 cm (7 1/16 × 8 1/4 × 8 11/16 in.). From: Great Temple of the Aten, Pit outside southern wall, Amarna (Akhetaten), Middle Egypt, Egypt. Excavation: Petrie/Carter excavations, 1891–92. Subject: Feet. Credit: Gift of Edward S. Harkness, 1921.

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.

Fragment of a carved limestone sculpture showing part of a human lower leg/foot area, with smoothed and chipped surfaces from breakage.

The image shows a roughly triangular, broken stone fragment with one concave interior edge and a rounded, bulging section on the right that could belong to a carved limb. The surface preserves faint shaping consistent with sculpted anatomy (suggesting a lower leg and possibly the foot/ankle region), but most diagnostic details (toes, footwear, joints) are missing due to extensive chipping and missing adjoining parts. No clearly legible hieroglyphs, cartouches, or inscriptions are visible. No associated attributes that would allow secure identification of Akhenaten or Nefertiti are present in this view. The material appears light-colored, porous/crumbly stone consistent with limestone; the museum catalogue specifies indurated limestone, which fits the visual appearance, though texture alone cannot confirm it definitively.

unclear New Kingdom, Amarna Period (based on catalogue ground truth; not independently verifiable from this fragment alone) fragmentary
Materials limestone

Connections

Materials Limestone

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116273495 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 21.9.602 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 549649 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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