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Fragment of a Relief: Meret-aten

Fragment of a Relief: Meret-aten

Place of OriginEgypt, Akhetaten (modern Tell el-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 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.).

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