Pillar perhaps attached to statue, name of Akhenaten, epithets of Aten

Medium

Indurated limestone

Dimensions

H. 14.5 × W. 10 × D. 12 cm (5 11/16 × 3 15/16 × 4 3/4 in.); side edge of b.p. 4.5 cm before narrowing further, with rebate distance on either side of about 1.3 (p.l) -1.5(p.r.) cm to create a b.p. about 10 cm total width at its beginning (whole thing inclines so as to narrow toward statue)

Classification

pillar fragment (?), Aten and Akhenaten named

Period

New Kingdom, Amarna Period

Department

Egyptian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1957

Accession Number

57.180.9