Stele / fragment

Description

Stela fragment of yellow limestone, one half only put together from three separate fragments, carved on both sides with depiction of Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV) making offering to the Re-Horakhti-Aten (hawk-headed man), with erased cartouches: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, probably Hierakonpolis, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, Amarna Period, c. 1352 - 1336 BC

Museum reference

A.1956.347

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Stele / fragment

Production information

Egypt, Northern Africa

Date

18th Dynasty, New Kingdom, Ancient Egyptian

Style / Culture

Amarna Period, 18th Dynasty, New Kingdom, Ancient Egyptian

Materials

Limestone

Physical description

Limestone, yellow; round topped; carved both sides; put together from three separate fragments. Red section of limestone suggests it was exposed to heat.

Collection place(s)

Hierakonpolis, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa

Associations

Excavator: Quibell, James Edward, 1867 - 1935
Depicted: Akhenaten
Depicted: Aten

Exhibitions

• Ancient Egypt Rediscovered (08 Feb 2019)
  National Museum of Scotland

References

Kramer, A. "The Enigmatic Kiya" in A Delta Man in Yebu (eds.) Eyma, E.K. and Bennett, C.J.

Aldred, C. (1959) "The Beginning of the El-Amarna Period", Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, 45, pp.19-33

Adams, B. (1974) ANCIENT HIERAKONPOLIS (Supplement), Wilts: Aris & Phillips Ltd, pp.160,169

Murray, M. (1900) CATALOGUE OF EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES IN THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ANTIQUITIES, Edinburgh , p.52-3, cat. 975/988/996

On display

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