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, Dynasty 5, about 2400 BCE.
Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5, about 2400 BCE.
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, about 1350 BCE.
Dynasty VIII (1570-1349 BCE), Amarna Period (1372-1353 BCE)
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Akhen-aten, 1353-1336 BCE.
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Akhen-aten, 1353-1336 BCE.
Dynasty 19 (1342-1197 BCE), About 1300 BCE
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