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: 21.5 x 24.3 cm (8 7/16 x 9 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1976.4 Even though all we see is a fragment of the head we know it is Nefertiti by the double uraeus or serpent symbol on the headband, which was only worn by the queen.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- painted sandstone
- Dimensions
- Overall: 21.5 x 24.3 cm (8 7/16 x 9 9/16 in.)
- Departments
- Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
- Accession Number
- 1976.4
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- Year in Review, 1976, Exposition Akhénaton, Pharaoh: King of Ancient Egypt, <em>Pharaohs: Treasures of Egyptian Art from the Louvre.</em> The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 11-April 14, 1996).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 107 Egyptian
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