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Talatat: column with ducks
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: 22.5 x 53 x 3 cm (8 7/8 x 20 7/8 x 1 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Arthur Tracy Cabot Fund
Accession Number62.320
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsArchitectural elements – Relief
DescriptionTalatat depicting an Amarna kiosk, in which ducks are suspended by their tails from the top of a column supporting the kiosk.
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]. 1962, sold by Michel Abemayor (b. 1912 - d. 1975), New York, to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 11, 1962)
NOTE: Günther Roeder, Amarna Reliefs aus Hermopolis (Hildesheim, 1969), no. P. C. 36, pl. 174.
NOTE: Günther Roeder, Amarna Reliefs aus Hermopolis (Hildesheim, 1969), no. P. C. 36, pl. 174.