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Description

Pillar, Nefertiti cartouche. New Kingdom, Amarna Period, Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten, ca. 1353–1336 B.C. Indurated limestone. H. 8.8 × W. 4.7 × D. 6.8 cm (3 7/16 × 1 7/8 × 2 11/16 in.). From: Great Temple of the Aten, pit outside southern wall, Amarna (Akhetaten), Middle Egypt, Egypt. Excavation: Petrie/Carter excavations, 1891–92. Credit: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1957.

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.

Photograph of a broken rectangular block of light-colored stone with incised ornament and a rounded circular motif over a row of vertical incised lines.

The object is shown in three-quarter view on a white background. It appears as a small, heavily broken fragment of a larger limestone element, with one long edge intact and other edges chipped or eroded. The face has shallow, incised detailing: a prominent circular/loop-like form near the upper center and a sequence of tall, evenly spaced vertical incisions below it. The lower area also includes less clearly preserved, faint incised bands or signs. No clearly legible hieroglyphs, cartouches, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text are visible in the provided image. The iconography is not specific enough to identify deities or royal names confidently. The stone surface looks consistent with carved limestone and matches the catalogued material.

decorative New Kingdom, Amarna Period (as catalogued); lettering not legible to confirm fragmentary
Materials indurated limestone (light-colored stone)
Signs Unidentified incised circular/loop motif; possibly part of a larger sign but not legible Unidentified series of vertical incisions/bands ×10

Connections

Found at Amarna (Akhetaten)
Royals Nefertiti

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116273468 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 57.180.11 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 549666 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.
  • 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.