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Talatat: palace scene featuring the window of appearances

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: 23.8 x 52.9 x 3.3 cm (9 3/8 x 20 13/16 x 1 5/16 in.)
Credit Line Helen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession Number63.427
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsArchitectural elementsRelief

DescriptionLimestone talatat showing the Window of Appearances, a pillared portico, and an entrance gate. With mount.
ProvenanceFrom Hermopolis (originally from el-Amarna). Between 1929 and 1939, excavated by the Deutsche Hermopolis-Expedition (Roeder, Amarna Reliefs, no. 127). By 1963, Jean Vinchon & Cie., Paris; 1963, sold by Jean Vinchon to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 20, 1963)