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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.
ProvenanceFrom Hermopolis (originally from el-Amarna). Excavated by the Deutschen Hermopolis-Expedition between 1929 and 1939 (Roeder, Amarna Reliefs, no. 125); by 1962: with Michel Abemayor; 1962: purchased by the MFA from Michel Abemayor, April 11, 1962.