Stele of the God Shed
Stele of the God Shed
Place of OriginArtist's Village, Akhetaten (Amarna, Egypt)
Dateabout 1330 BCE
Dimensions8 3/4 × 5 1/2 × 2 in. (22.2 × 14 × 5.1 cm)
Mediumlimestone, pigment
ClassificationSculpture
Credit LineGift of the Egypt Exploration Society
Object number
1921.150
Not on View
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Published References- Sculpture
Peet, T. Eric, "Excavations at Tel El Amarna: A Preliminary Report", Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, vol. 7, 1921, pp. 169-185, esp. Sect. III 'The Tomb Chapels', pp. 181-182.
Peet, T. Eric and Woolley, C. Leonard, The City of Akhenaten, Part I, London, 1923, pp. 95-99; Plate XXVIII, Fig. 4.
Peck, William H., Sandra E. Knudsen and Paula Reich, Egypt in Toledo: The Ancient Egyptian Collection at the Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Toledo Museum of Art, 2011, p. 60, repr. (col.).
First Intermediate Period- early Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, about 1991-1802 BCE
about 200
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, about 1390 BCE
Old Kingdom, early Dynasty 4, about 2575-2551 BCE
Old Kingdom, early Dynasty 4, about 2575-2551 BCE.
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