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Relief Fragments Depicting a Court Scene

New Kingdom, Amarna Period
ca. 1353–1336 B.C.
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 121
This block is an excerpt from a family scene, a genre that reinforced the notion of royal family as the blessed children of the Aten. The curved back of a cushioned seat stands in a pavilion. One of its supporting poles is decorated with plants and animals. Above the chair floats what is probably the streamer of a crown. The royal family gathered in pavilions such as this to pass the hot afternoon or to dine. Outside, a group of musicians enhance the atmosphere: the overlapping profiles of the legs of two women and the long vertical bar of what is probably an upright harp mark their presence.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title:
    Relief Fragments Depicting a Court Scene
  • Period:
    New Kingdom, Amarna Period
  • Dynasty:
    Dynasty 18
  • Reign:
    reign of Akhenaten
  • Date:
    ca. 1353–1336 B.C.
  • Geography:
    From Egypt; Probably originally from Amarna (Akhetaten); Probably from Middle Egypt, Hermopolis (Ashmunein; Khemenu)
  • Medium:
    Limestone, paint
  • Dimensions:
    H. 23.5 cm (9 1/4 in); w. 53.3 cm (21 in)
  • Credit Line:
    Gift of Norbert Schimmel, 1985
  • Object Number:
    1985.328.4
  • Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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