The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Body (relief ?)

Period:: New Kingdom, Amarna Period
Dynasty:: Dynasty 18
Reign:: reign of Akhenaten
Date:: ca. 1353–1336 B.C.
Geography:: Country of Origin Egypt, Middle Egypt, el-Amarna (Akhetaten); inc. el-Hagg Qandil, Great Temple of the Aten, pit outside southern wall, Petrie/Carter 1891–1892
Medium:: Indurated limestone
Dimensions:: H. 14.5 x W. 6 x D. 4 cm
Credit Line:: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1957
Accession Number:: 57.180.128

This artwork is not on display

Provenance

Excavated at Amarna by Petrie and Carter 1891-2. Received by Lord Amherst in the division of finds. Purchased by Joseph Altounian, Paris, at Sotheby's, London, 1921. Purchased by the museum from Mme. Altounian-Lorbet, 1957.
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