Throne block with Nefertiti titulary, border pattern
Description
New Kingdom, Amarna Period, Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten, ca. 1353–1336 B.C. Indurated limestone. Inscribed side to front: H. 5 × W. 5.5 × D. 6.7 cm (1 15/16 × 2 3/16 × 2 5/8 in.); Decorative border W. 1.8 cm. From: Great Temple of the Aten, pit outside southern wall, Amarna (Akhetaten), Middle Egypt, Egypt. Excavation: Petrie/Carter excavations, 1891–92. Subject: Hieroglyphs, Chairs. 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.
A small, roughly rectangular limestone block fragment with carved recessed bands and border-like decoration; no clearly legible royal titulary is visible in the provided image.
The artifact appears to be a sculpted stone fragment with a flat face. The surface shows shallow, geometric carving: a central vertical recess or ridge flanked by horizontal bands, and a curved/arched element near the lower left suggesting a decorative border motif. The right and upper areas are smooth or worn, and there are chips and breaks along the edges (notably at the lower portion). No clear cartouche, hierarchy of text, or identifiable hieroglyph signs can be read from the current resolution/lighting, and therefore the claimed Nefertiti titulary is not visually confirmable from this image. Overall the carving style is consistent with relief decoration on stone blocks, but the exact text/title content remains unknown due to legibility limits.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116272971 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 21.9.559 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 549873 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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