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, 9th Dynasty, about 2150 BCE
about 200
Old Kingdom, early Dynasty 4, about 2575-2551 BCE
Old Kingdom, early Dynasty 4, about 2575-2551 BCE.
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