Statuette

E14349

Location: On Display in the Ancient Egypt: Discovery to Display

From: Egypt | El-Amarna

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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Object Number E14349
Current Location Ancient Egypt: Discovery to Display - On Display
Provenience Egypt | El-Amarna
Period New Kingdom | Eighteenth Dynasty
Date Made 1372-1354 BCE
Section Egyptian
Materials Limestone | Pigment
Technique Painted
Iconography Princess
Description

Headless statuette of a princess, probably a daughter of King Akhenaten. The princess wears a thin, pleated dress with one short sleeve around her upper right arm which hangs straight at her side. Her left arm is raised. She wears a broad collar and the lower end of her sidelock is preserved. This was probably originally a group statue.

Height 31.1 cm
Width 13 cm
Depth 10 cm
Credit Line Purchased from the Quinn Estate, 1926

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