Stone
Stone
Place of OriginEgypt, Akhetaten (modern Tell el-Amarna), Maru-Aten
Datemid 2nd Millennium BCE
DimensionsH: 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm); W: 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)
MediumStone.
ClassificationArchitectural Elements
Credit LineGift of the Egypt Exploration Society
Object number
1925.658
Not on View
DescriptionFrom Amarna. Excavation Number 22/287C.
Label TextExcavated in 1922 by the Egypt Exploration Society, this alabaster fragment comes from Maru-Aten, a palace complex at Akhetaten (modern Amarna), the short-lived capital of Pharaoh Akhenaten. It was discovered during official excavations at the site and distributed to the Toledo Museum of Art through the formal division of finds. This object is part of a group of three fragments from the same findspot: 1925.658, 1925.659, and 1925.667.Published ReferencesPeet, Thomas Eric, and C. L. Wooley, The City of Akhenaten Part I: Excavations of 1921 and 1922 at El-Amarneh, pl. LIX, ill.
mid 2nd Millennium BCE
mid 2nd Millennium BCE
mid 2nd Millennium BCE
mid 2nd Millennium BCE
mid 2nd Millennium BCE
mid 2nd Millennium BCE
5th century CE
mid 2nd Millennium BCE
mid 2nd Millennium BCE
mid 2nd Millennium BCE
mid 2nd Millennium BCE
Late 5th or 6th century CE
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