Stone - part of Akhanaten's epithets
Stone - part of Akhanaten's epithets
Place of OriginEgypt, Akhetaten (modern Tell el-Amarna), Maru-Aten
Datemid 2nd Millennium BCE
DimensionsH: 5 in. (12.7 cm); W: 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm)
MediumStone.
ClassificationArchitectural Elements
Credit LineGift of the Egypt Exploration Society
Object number
1925.659
Not on View
DescriptionFrom Amarna. Excavation Number 22/287A.
Label TextThis inscribed alabaster fragment was excavated in 1922 at Maru-Aten by the Egypt Exploration Society, a prominent British archaeological institution. Maru-Aten was part of Akhetaten (modern Amarna), the capital founded by Pharaoh Akhenaten. This object is one of three related fragments from the same excavation unit (see 1925.658 and 1925.667) assigned to the Toledo Museum of Art in that year’s official division of finds.Published ReferencesPeet, Thomas Eric, and C. L. Wooley, The City of Akhenaten Part I: Excavations of 1921 and 1922 at El-Amarneh, pl. LVII, 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
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