Harvest Ritual(?)
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
The scene of an individual—by his or her size, surely royal—grasping stalks of grain has no parallel at el Amarna. It may represent a harvest ritual honoring the ancient fertility god Min. A festival for any god but the Aten at el Amarna could only have been celebrated after Akhenaten's death, during the two years before Tutankhaten returned Egypt's capital to Thebes. It may even depict a rite carried out at Tutankhaten's coronation.
MEDIUM
Limestone, pigment
DATES
ca. 1352–1334 B.C.E.
DYNASTY
late Dynasty 18
PERIOD
New Kingdom, Amarna Period
ACCESSION NUMBER
60.197.2
CREDIT LINE
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Limestone relief. In sunk relief, incompletely preserved head and shoulders of a male figure with outstretched right hand clasping (? picking) unidentified plant, possibly wheat, for offering (?). Trace of another hand in lower left corner. Man is in unusually large scale and presumably is royal.
Condition: Both lower corners lost with piece replaced at lower left corner. Deep gash on hand.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Harvest Ritual(?), ca. 1352–1334 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 9 3/16 x 20 1/2 in. (23.4 x 52 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 60.197.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.60.197.2_wwg7.jpg)
IMAGE
installation, West Wing gallery 7 installation,
CUR.60.197.2_wwg7.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2005
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