Fragment of Hieroglyphic Relief from Maru Aten (Amarna)

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Fragment of Hieroglyphic Relief from Maru Aten (Amarna)

Place of OriginEgypt, Akhetaten (modern Tell el-Amarna), Maru-Aten

Datemid 2nd Millennium BCE

DimensionsH: 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm); W: 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm); Depth: 2 11/16 in. (6.8 cm)

MediumStone.

ClassificationArchitectural Elements

Credit LineGift of the Egypt Exploration Society

Object number

1925.657C

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Label TextThis alabaster stela fragment was excavated in 1922 by the Egypt Exploration Society at Maru-Aten, a palace complex in Akhetaten (modern Amarna), the short-lived capital founded by Pharaoh Akhenaten. It was recovered from the remains of a garden kiosk built on an artificial island within a ceremonial lake. One of five fragments (1925.657A–E), the piece was assigned to the Toledo Museum of Art in that year’s official division of archaeological finds.Published ReferencesPeet, Thomas Eric, and C. L. Wooley, The City of Akhenaten Part I: Excavations of 1921 and 1922 at El-Amarneh, pl. XXXIII, 2, and pl. LVII, ill.Exhibition History"Hands On Egypt" TMA interactive family gallery, Gallery 3, Sept. 18, 1998 - Aug. 31, 2000, made possible by a grant from the Lila Wallace Reader's Digest Fund.