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River scene with royal barges and tow boats

Egyptian
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten
1349–1336 B.C.
Object Place: Egypt, Akhetaten (el-Amarna); Findspot: Egypt, Hermopolis

Medium/Technique Painted Limestone
Dimensions Height x width x depth: 23.4 x 53.1 x 3.6 cm (9 3/16 x 20 7/8 x 1 7/16 in.) - Lower Block
Credit Line Helen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession Number63.260
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsArchitectural elementsRelief

Provenance13th century B.C. (19th Dynasty), moved from el-Amarna to Hermopolis, Egypt; between 1929 and 1939, excavated at Hermopolis by the Deutsche Hermopolis-Expedition [see note]. 1963, sold by Jean Vinchon et Cie., Paris, to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 20, 1963)

NOTE: Günther Roeder, Amarna Reliefs aus Hermopolis (Hildesheim, 1969), no. P. C. 150, pl. 193.