Currently not on view
Relief: Akhenaten and two daughters (head of Princess a modern addition),
ca. 1360 BCE
Egyptian
New Kingdom, ca. 1550–1070 BCE
y1972-3
Information
Title
Relief: Akhenaten and two daughters (head of Princess a modern addition)
Dates
ca. 1360 BCE
Medium
Limestone
Dimensions
preserved: 28.0 x 36.0 x 4.7 cm (11 x 14 3/16 x 1 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, John Maclean Magie, Class of 1892, and Gertrude Magie Fund
Object Number
y1972-3
Culture
Period
Materials
Subject
With Mathias Komor; purchased by Gilbert Denman in 1970; then apparently returned to M. Komor; subsequently purchased by Peter Scharrer; purchased by the Museum from Peter Sharrer in 1972.
- Gunther Roeder, Amarna-Reliefs aus Hermopolis (Hildesheim: Gerstenberg, 1969)., p. 406, cat. no. PC71; pl. 217. The fragment is mentioned on: p. 155, V-D-6: Group originally = two daughters between king and queen. 172, V-M-4a: Two cartouches on arm of older princess (probably Merit-Aten); one on lower arm of Nefertiti. 182, V-N- 18d: Two daughters, probably Merit-Aton and Anches-en-pa-Aton. 232, V-T-6a: Bouquet in hands of smaller princess. 273, VI-D-3: Unusual composition; undoubtedly four figures; younger daughter (name erased) turns from king toward odler sister; latter undoubtedly Merit-Aton, since cartouche of Nefertiti is on her arm. 278, VI-H-7d: Cartouches of Nefertiti and a co-regent. Frames insufficiently preserved for dating. 283, VI-B-2: Younger daughter shown in grotesque manner of early part of period. 285, VI-M-11e: Cartouche of Nefertiti and three others (barely legible) on arm of a daughter, probably Merit-Aton. 287, VI-N-1g: Name of Merit-Aton perhaps to be supplied by grown daughter. 294, VI-N-7f: Merit-Aton, Anches-en-pa-Aton. 324, VI-T-6: Tightly bound bouquet; offering. 370, VII-C-3h: Discussion of groups. 372, VII-C-4b: Grotesque style; difference in size of daughters makes it likely that they are Merit-Amon and Anches-en-pa-Aton, so date perhaps after death of Makit-Aton (ca. 12th year of reign). 406, cat. no. 71: Listed among pieces in private collections; above reference given.
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"Acquisitions 1972", Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 32, no. 1 (1973): p. 20-30.
, p. 26 (illus.); p. 30 - "[Chronique des arts et de la curiosité: supplément à la Gazette des beaux-arts, no. 1249 (Feb., 1973)]", Chronique des arts et de la curiosité: supplément à la Gazette des beaux-arts, no. 1249 (Feb., 1973)., p. 102, fig. 382 (illus.)
- Robert Cohon, Discovery and deceit: archaeology & the forger's craft, (Kansas City, MO: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 1996).
