Stone - Kings Daughter of his Body, Beloved of Him..."

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Stone - Kings Daughter of his Body, Beloved of Him..."

Place of OriginEgypt, Akhetaten (modern Tell el-Amarna), Maru-Aten

Datemid 2nd Millennium BCE

DimensionsH: 5 in. (12.7 cm); W: 3 in. (7.6 cm)

MediumStone.

ClassificationArchitectural Elements

Credit LineGift of the Egypt Exploration Society

Object number

1925.671

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DescriptionFrom Amarna. Excavation Number 22/355A.

Label TextThis inscribed limestone fragment was excavated in 1922 by the Egypt Exploration Society at Maru-Aten, a palace site within Akhetaten (modern Amarna), the royal city of Pharaoh Akhenaten. The preserved text includes the name of his daughter Meritaten. Assigned to the Toledo Museum of Art that same year through the EES’s 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. LX, ill.