Mouth of Akhenaten or Nefertiti
Description
Akhenaten or Nefertiti, mouth. New Kingdom, Amarna Period, Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten, ca. 1353–1336 B.C. Red quartzite. H. 5.5 × W. 8 × D. 7.5 cm (2 3/16 × 3 1/8 × 2 15/16 in.). From: Sculptors' workshops in the town, Amarna (Akhetaten), Middle Egypt, Egypt. Excavation: Petrie/Carter excavations, 1891–92. Subject: Mouths. 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.
Stone object carved in the form of a stylized human mouth, shown in profile from the front.
The image shows a roughly rectangular block of carved stone with a concave, V-shaped mouth opening. The mouth is rendered with simplified contours: a central inset forming the lower lip and two raised edges suggesting the lips. The surface is weathered but the carving remains clear. No legible hieroglyphs, cartouches, or other inscriptions are visible. No clear depiction of a deity or royal figure is present in the visible carving; the object appears to be a functional/ritual facial element rather than a named portrait. The stone color appears dark reddish-brown to brown, consistent with a red-quartzite identification in the catalogue, though the exact mineral cannot be confirmed from the image alone. No Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible.
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