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Fragment of a column drum featuring the royal family worshipping
Egyptian
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten
1353–1336 B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Hermopolis; Object Place: Egypt, el-Amarna (Akhetaten)
Medium/Technique
Limestone
Dimensions
Height x width x depth: 22.4 x 52.5 x 6.1 cm (8 13/16 x 20 11/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Mary S. and Edward J. Holmes Fund
Accession Number67.637
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CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsArchitectural elements – Columns and capitals
DescriptionLimestone fragment showing the common scene of the royal family worshipping the Aten. The family procession, consisting of Akhenaten, Nefertiti and Meretaten, would have been shown twice around the column drum.
ProvenanceHermopolis (originally from el-Amarna). Between 1929 and 1939, excavated by the Deutsche Hermopolis-Expedition (Roeder, Amarna Reliefs, no. 125). By 1967, private collection; 1967, sold by Spink and Son, Ltd., London, to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 10, 1967)