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Title: Base fragment with names of Akhenaten and Meketaten
Period: New Kingdom, Amarna Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: reign of Akhenaten
Date: ca. 1353–1336 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Middle Egypt, Amarna (Akhetaten), Great Temple of the Aten, pit outside southern wall, Petrie/Carter excavations, 1891–92
Medium: Red quartzite
Dimensions: H. 10 × W. 10 × D. 6 cm (3 15/16 × 3 15/16 × 2 3/8 in.)
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1957
Accession Number: 57.180.71
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