Stone
Stone
Place of OriginEgypt, Akhetaten (modern Tell el-Amarna), Maru-Aten
Datemid 2nd Millennium BCE
DimensionsH: 3 in. (7.6 cm); W: 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm); Depth: 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)
MediumStone.
ClassificationArchitectural Elements
Credit LineGift of the Egypt Exploration Society
Object number
1925.667
Not on View
DescriptionFrom Amarna. Excavation Number 22/287B.
Label TextThis alabaster fragment was excavated in 1922 at Maru-Aten by the Egypt Exploration Society, during their work at Akhetaten (modern Amarna), the capital city of Pharaoh Akhenaten. It was distributed to the Toledo Museum of Art in that season’s official division of finds, along with two others from the same unit: 1925.658 and 1925.659.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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