Late Image of Nefertiti in the Brooklyn Museum, January 2010

Late Image of Nefertiti

Nefertiti here wears the so-called Nubian wig. Formerly this wig had been worn almost exclusively by Nubian soldiers serving in pharaoh's army. Nefertiti seems to have adopted it as her personal symbol. She popularized the Nubian wig to such an extent that both men and women frequently wore it at el Amarna.

Medium: Sandstone, painted

Place Excavated: Tell el Amarna, Egypt

Dates: ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E.

Dynasty: late XVIII Dynasty

Period: New Kingdom, Amarna Period

Dimensions: 11 9/16 x 3 15/16 x 17
1/8 in. (29.3 x 10 x 43.5 cm)

Collections: Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
Museum Location: This item is on view in Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity, Amarna Period, Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Gallery, 3rd Floor

Accession Number: 35.1999

Credit Line: Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society

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