Fragment of a boundary stela with
Nefertiti and two princesses

Amarna, Boundary Stela S
Reign of Akhenaten, 1347 B.C
Limestone; h. 51 cm, w. 30.4 cm, d. 7.4 cm
Marilyn M. Simpson Fund.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1992 1992.18

Akhenaten decided to establish a new capital in honor of Aten at a site on the Nile associated with no other god. Some of the boundary markers at the limits of the new city included images of the royal family worshiping Aten. This fragment shows two of the royal princesses behind their mother, Nefertiti, whose leg is visible at the right.