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<em>Cartouche of Nefertiti from a Back Pillar</em>, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Quartzite, 6 1/4 x 3 1/4 x 5 7/8 in. (15.8 x 8.2 x 15 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.677. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.677_view01.jpg)
Cartouche of Nefertiti from a Back Pillar, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Quartzite, 6 1/4 x 3 1/4 x 5 7/8 in. (15.8 x 8.2 x 15 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.677. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.677_view01.jpg)
<em>Cartouche of Nefertiti from a Back Pillar</em>, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Quartzite, 6 1/4 x 3 1/4 x 5 7/8 in. (15.8 x 8.2 x 15 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.677. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.677_view01.jpg)

Cartouche of Nefertiti from a Back Pillar, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Quartzite, 6 1/4 x 3 1/4 x 5 7/8 in. (15.8 x 8.2 x 15 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.677. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.677_view01.jpg)

<em>Cartouche of Nefertiti from a Back Pillar</em>, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Quartzite, 6 1/4 x 3 1/4 x 5 7/8 in. (15.8 x 8.2 x 15 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.677. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.677_view04.jpg)

Cartouche of Nefertiti from a Back Pillar, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Quartzite, 6 1/4 x 3 1/4 x 5 7/8 in. (15.8 x 8.2 x 15 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.677. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.677_view04.jpg)

<em>Cartouche of Nefertiti from a Back Pillar</em>, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Quartzite, 6 1/4 x 3 1/4 x 5 7/8 in. (15.8 x 8.2 x 15 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.677. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.677_view02.jpg)

Cartouche of Nefertiti from a Back Pillar, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Quartzite, 6 1/4 x 3 1/4 x 5 7/8 in. (15.8 x 8.2 x 15 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.677. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.677_view02.jpg)

<em>Cartouche of Nefertiti from a Back Pillar</em>, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Quartzite, 6 1/4 x 3 1/4 x 5 7/8 in. (15.8 x 8.2 x 15 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.677. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.677_view03.jpg)

Cartouche of Nefertiti from a Back Pillar, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Quartzite, 6 1/4 x 3 1/4 x 5 7/8 in. (15.8 x 8.2 x 15 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.677. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.677_view03.jpg)

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Cartouche of Nefertiti from a Back Pillar

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Quartzite
DATES ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E.
DYNASTY late Dynasty 18
PERIOD New Kingdom, Amarna Period
DIMENSIONS 6 1/4 x 3 1/4 x 5 7/8 in. (15.8 x 8.2 x 15 cm)  (show scale)
COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
ACCESSION NUMBER 16.677
CREDIT LINE Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
CAPTION Cartouche of Nefertiti from a Back Pillar, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Quartzite, 6 1/4 x 3 1/4 x 5 7/8 in. (15.8 x 8.2 x 15 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.677. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.677_view01.jpg)
IMAGE overall, CUR.16.677_view01.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2015
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<em>Cartouche of Nefertiti from a Back Pillar</em>, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Quartzite, 6 1/4 x 3 1/4 x 5 7/8 in. (15.8 x 8.2 x 15 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.677. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.677_view01.jpg)

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