Fragment of a Relief: Meret-aten

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

Date18th Dynasty (1550-1292 BCE), about 1353-1336 BCE

DimensionsH: 12 in. (30.5 cm); W: 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm)

MediumAlabaster with paint

ClassificationSculpture

Credit LineGift of the Egypt Exploration Society

Object number

1925.657E

Not on View

Label TextThis fragment depicting Princess Meritaten, daughter of Akhenaten and Nefertiti, was excavated in 1922 by the Egypt Exploration Society at Maru-Aten, a palace complex within the city of Akhetaten (modern Amarna). It came from a garden kiosk on an artificial island in a lake. One of five pieces (1925.657A–E) assigned to the Toledo Museum of Art.Published References

Peet, 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.

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. 56, repr. (col.).