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Panel with a Scene of the Adoration of Aten
TR 10.11.26.4 Cairo Antiquity Museum
Material: Painted
Limestone
Size: Height: 53 cm; Width 48 cm; Depth: 8 cm
Location: Tell el-Amarna, the Royal Tomb
Excavation: The Antquities Service Excavations of 1891
Date: 18th Dynasty, Reign of Akhenaten (1353-1335 BC)
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This panel was found in the rubble that blocked the
royal tomb at el-Amarna.
It may have been used as a model for the decoration of
that tomb. It is a scene that recurs with some frequency
during the Amarna Period, depicting Akhenaten,
Nefertiti
and two of their children. Note the solar disk has rays
that terminate in small hands, some of which are holding
was
and ankh
hieroglyphs. Those rays that come into contact with
either Akhenaten or the offering table before him are
empty. Hence, the king is receiving power and life from
the Aten.
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