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Talatat: bowing woman
Egyptian
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten
1349–1336 B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Hermopolis, originally from el-Amarna
Medium/Technique
Limestone
Dimensions
Height x width x depth: 23 x 53 x 3.5 cm (9 1/16 x 20 7/8 x 1 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Schimmel Foundation, in honor of William Stevenson Smith
Accession Number62.501
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsArchitectural elements – Relief
DescriptionA woman kneels in prostration in the wake of the king.
ProvenanceHermopolis (originally from el-Amarna). Excavated by the Deutschen Hermopolis-Expedition between 1929 and 1939 (Roeder, Amarna Reliefs, no. PC 45); 1962: given to the MFA by the Schimmel Foundation, New York, May 9, 1962.