Relief Fragment of Nefertiti Offering to the Aten
Relief Fragment of Nefertiti Offering to the Aten
Place of OriginEgypt, from Akhetaten (modern Amarna)
DateNew Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Akhen-aten, 1353-1336 BCE.
Dimensions4 5/8 × 5 5/8 × 1 5/8 in. (11.7 × 14.3 × 4.1 cm)
MediumLimestone with paint
ClassificationSculpture
Credit LineGift of the Egypt Exploration Society
Object number
1925.711
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Published ReferencesLuckner, Kurt T., "The Art of Egypt, Part 2," Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, New Series: Vol. 14, No. 3, Fall 1971, p. 63, repr. Fig. 4.
- Sculpture
Peck, William H., Sandra E. Knudsen and Paula Reich, Egypt in Toledo: The Ancient Egyptian Collection at the Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Toledo Museum of Art, 2011, p. 56-57, repr. (col.) p. 20, 57.
Fortenberry, Diane ed., Souvenirs and New Ideas: Travel and Collecting in Egypt and the Near East, Oxford, UK, Oxbow Books, 2013, p. 31, repr. fig. 3.10, p. 34.
Label TextDuring Egypt’s 18th Dynasty, Pharaoh Akhenaten revolutionized art and religion by worshipping a single god, the Aten, embodied as the sun disk. This relief fragment, excavated at the ancient capital of Akhetaten (modern Amarna), shows the pharaoh's wife Nefertiti presenting a bouquet to the solar deity. From the sun disk, three curving rays terminate in tiny hands, a hallmark of Atenist iconography. Though initially identified as Akhenaten due to traces of red paint, scholars now favor the identification of Nefertiti based on the visible line of a dress neckline.
Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5, about 2400 BCE.
Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5, about 2400 BCE.
First Intermediate Period, 9th Dynasty, about 2150 BCE
about 200
Dynasty 12 (1991--1786 BCE), About 1900 BCE
Early to Late 15th century
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, about 1350 BCE.
Dynasty VIII (1570-1349 BCE), Amarna Period (1372-1353 BCE)
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