Nefertiti breast and shoulder fragment, cartouche [of Aten]
Description
New Kingdom, Amarna Period, Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten, ca. 1352–1336 B.C. Indurated limestone. H. 14 × W. 22 × D. 15 cm (5 1/2 × 8 11/16 × 5 7/8 in.). From: Great Temple of the Aten, Pit outside southern wall, Amarna (Akhetaten), Middle Egypt, Egypt. Excavation: Petrie/Carter excavations, 1891–92. 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.
The image shows a small, carved stone fragment with rounded contours consistent with part of an Egyptian breast/shoulder ornament (possibly a royal amarna regalia piece).
The artifact appears as a whitish, weathered limestone fragment with a smooth, polished surface and faint carved details along the edges. The visible decoration is very minimal at this resolution: there are shallow, parallel incisions/relief-like lines that could correspond to garment or modeling of anatomical/ornamental contours, but no clearly readable hieroglyphs, cartouches, or figure attributes are legible. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible. The fragment is incomplete and the break surfaces obscure any inscription that might once have been present, so the specific attribution to a cartouche of Aten and the name “Nefertiti” cannot be verified visually from this image.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116273138 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 21.9.435 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 549777 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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