Talatat: Portrait of Nefertiti
c. 1353–1347 BC
Maker Unknown
Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
Talatat: Portrait of Nefertiti, c. 1353–1347 BC. Egypt, Karnak, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep IV, 1353-1337 BC. Painted sandstone; overall: 22 x 22.7 cm (8 11/16 x 8 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1959.188 This relief comes from the short end of a talatat, a limestone block of standardized size used during the 18th Dynasty reign of the Pharaoh Akhenaten in the building of the Aton temples at Karnak and Akhetaten. The standardized size and their small weight made construction more efficient.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- painted sandstone
- Dimensions
- Overall: 22 x 22.7 cm (8 11/16 x 8 15/16 in.)
- Departments
- Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
- Accession Number
- 1959.188
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- Akhenaten and Nefertiti: Art from the Age of the Sun King, Exposition Akhénaton, <em>Akhenaten and Nefertiti, </em>The Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY (September 17-November 25, 1973); The Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, MI (December 19, 1973-Febuary 28, 1974).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 107 Egyptian
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