Head of a Shabty of King Akhenaten, ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E. Granite, 3 1/4 × 3 1/2 × 3 in. (8.3 × 8.9 × 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 35.1866. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 35.1866_PS2.jpg)
Head of a Shabty of King Akhenaten, ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E. Granite, 3 1/4 × 3 1/2 × 3 in. (8.3 × 8.9 × 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 35.1866. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.35.1866_tlf.jpg)
Head of a Shabty of King Akhenaten
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
The four stone shabties made for King Akhenaten illustrate the royal ideal in the Eighteenth Dynasty. They are a representative sample of the materials used to create hundreds of shabties for this king. Each stone type symbolizes a divinity related to the afterlife. For example, the red shabty associates Akhenaten with Re, the sun god, while the black granite one links him to Osiris, represented as the fertile soil of Egypt.
MEDIUM
Granite
DATES
ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E.
DYNASTY
Dynasty 18
PERIOD
New Kingdom, Amarna Period
DIMENSIONS
3 1/4 × 3 1/2 × 3 in. (8.3 × 8.9 × 7.6 cm) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
35.1866
CREDIT LINE
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Granite head of ushabti of Akhenaten. Mottled quartzite. Head complete to base of wig and part of beard. Uraeus on forehead.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Head of a Shabty of King Akhenaten, ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E. Granite, 3 1/4 × 3 1/2 × 3 in. (8.3 × 8.9 × 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 35.1866. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 35.1866_PS2.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 35.1866_PS2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2007
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