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| Object Number: | 2006-13-1 |
| Current Location: | Collections storage |
| Provenience: | Egypt El-Amarna |
| Period: | New Kingdom Eighteenth Dynasty |
| Date Made: | 1353-1336 BC |
| Early Date: | -1353 |
| Late Date: | -1336 |
| Section: | Egyptian |
| Materials: | Quartz Monzonite Granite |
| Iconography: | Worshipper Akhenaten? |
| Height: | 8.7cm |
| Width: | 8cm |
| Depth: | 4.1cm |
| Credit Line: | Distribution from the Egypt Exploration Society; William Flinders Petrie, 1892 |
Description
During the Amarna period, artists used a new style of representation that reflected aspects of the new theology. Occasionally they portrayed the king with exaggerated body features, such as swollen hips, rounded thighs, and elongated facial features. They also depicted other royal figures similarly, making it difficult sometimes to differentiate the king and queen. This royal head with a short wig may be either ruler.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Amarna: Ancient Egypt's Place in the Sun (12 Nov 2006) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Silverman, David P., et al. 2006. Akhenaten and Tutankhamun Revolution and Restoration. : Page/Fig./Plate: 134, fig.121 | View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference |
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