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Block fragment with cartouche of Nefertiti

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Description

Edge of a block with cartouche of Nefertiti. New Kingdom, Amarna Period, Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten, ca. 1353–1336 B.C. yellow quartzite. H. 15.5 × W. 17.2 × D. 2.7 cm (6 1/8 × 6 3/4 × 1 1/16 in.). From: 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.

Stone block fragment carved in relief with a partially preserved cartouche-like oval and surrounding hieroglyphs.

The image shows a broken rectangular stone block fragment with horizontal banding near the top and relief carving on the front face. In the lower central area there is an oval (cartouche-like) frame containing several small hieroglyphs, but much of the interior signs and surrounding border are worn or broken, limiting secure reading. Additional hieroglyphic signs appear along the left and right edges of the preserved panel, including a vertical set of marks on the left and a few hooked/diacritic-like elements on the right. No figures of deities are visible. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is apparent. The surface color appears light beige/gray rather than clearly yellow; however, the catalogue assigns yellow quartzite. Condition is fragmentary with substantial loss at the edges and across the inscription.

unclear New Kingdom, likely Amarna Period (inferred from catalogue; inscription not fully legible here) fragmentary
Royals Nefertiti (catalogue title; specific reading not fully confirmable from the visible, damaged cartouche)
Materials stone (quartzite per catalogue)carving/relief in low relief
Signs cartouche/oval frame with interior hieroglyphs (partially preserved) partial hieroglyphs outside the cartouche (indeterminate due to damage) ×4
Visible text "Cartouche/oval frame with interior hieroglyphs; specific name text not reliably readable in this image due to breakage and wear."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Cartouche/oval frame with interior hieroglyphs; specific name text not reliably readable in this image due to breakage and wear.

Connections

Found at Amarna (Akhetaten)
Royals Nefertiti

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116250625 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 57.180.63 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 550064 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.