Back of Nefertiti / female
Description
Nefertiti / female body fragment. New Kingdom, Amarna Period, Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten, ca. 1353–1336 B.C. Indurated limestone. H. 20 × W. 22 × D. 7 cm (7 7/8 × 8 11/16 × 2 3/4 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.
Fragment of a limestone relief surface with incised/raised curving lines and a partially preserved red/black marking; no clearly legible figural or hieroglyphic text is visible.
The object appears to be a thick, roughly rectangular-to-oval fragment of indurated limestone with the back/unfinished or reverse side of a carved relief. Across most of the face there are incised curved and linear strokes forming a shallow, irregular pattern consistent with modeling marks, toolwork, or background layout lines; no distinct hieroglyph groups, cartouches, or readable lettering can be confirmed. Along the left edge there is a small vertical fragment of red-painted ink/marking (partially preserved). The surface shows erosion, cracks, and patches where the original finish is lost; overall detail is not sharp enough to securely identify Nefertiti or any specific royal titulary/deity iconography from the image alone.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116273135 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 21.9.575 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 549778 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.