<em>Sculptor's Model with Head of Akhenaten</em>, ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E. Limestone, 6 7/16 x 1 1/2 x 7 5/16 in. (16.4 x 3.8 x 18.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 36.873. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 36.873_acetate_bw_IMLS.jpg)

Sculptor's Model with Head of Akhenaten, ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E. Limestone, 6 7/16 x 1 1/2 x 7 5/16 in. (16.4 x 3.8 x 18.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 36.873. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 36.873_acetate_bw_IMLS.jpg)

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Sculptor's Model with Head of Akhenaten

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Limestone

Place Excavated: Tell el-Amarna, Egypt

DATES ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E.

DYNASTY late Dynasty 18

PERIOD New Kingdom, Amarna Period

DIMENSIONS 6 7/16 x 1 1/2 x 7 5/16 in. (16.4 x 3.8 x 18.5 cm) (show scale)

COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

ACCESSION NUMBER 36.873

CREDIT LINE Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society

CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Limestone trial piece with head of man facing to the right in low sunk relief. Above this is a clenched hand pointing to the left. The head is rather stylized and has a more elaborate headdress than the trial piece 36.872. The details are typical of the period. The hand is not so well worked as is the head, the thumb being badly proportioned. Traces of red paint on both hands and head. Condition: there are minor chips in the relief and incrustations of sand on the surface.

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view

CAPTION Sculptor's Model with Head of Akhenaten, ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E. Limestone, 6 7/16 x 1 1/2 x 7 5/16 in. (16.4 x 3.8 x 18.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 36.873. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 36.873_acetate_bw_IMLS.jpg)

IMAGE overall, 36.873_acetate_bw_IMLS.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

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