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Fragment of a Relief: Meret-aten

Place of OriginEgypt, Akhetaten (Amarna), Maru-Aten
DateNew Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Akhen-aten, 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 TextOnce part of a wall in the palace complex of Maru-aten (the “Viewing Palace of the Aten”) just south of Amarna, this fragment of a life-size relief sculpture depicts Merit-aten, the eldest daughter of King Akhen-aten and Nefertiti. When excavated in 1921, this relief and a few smaller fragments were all that remained of a garden kiosk on a small island in an artificial lake. Even with so much of the image now missing, including the colorful stone and glass inlays for the head and scarf, the graceful beauty of the art of Amarna is evident.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.).

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