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Talatat: attendants with sunshades
Egyptian
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten
1353–1336 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Limestone
Dimensions
Height x width x depth: 23.8 x 53.6 x 6 cm (9 3/8 x 21 1/8 x 2 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Charles Amos Cummings Fund
Accession Number1971.295
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CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsArchitectural elements – Roof – Tile
DescriptionStretcher from a talatat with attendants with sun-shades welcoming a chariot, with the groom holding the horses; to the left, a temple pylon.
ProvenanceFrom El-Amarna, found at Hermopolis. By 1971, with Heinz Herzer, Munich; September 15, 1971, purchased from Herzer by MFA.