A Published Amarna Sandstone Relief Fragment Depicting Merit-Aten Holding a Sistrum, Amarna Period, ca. 1379 – 1362 BCE, Vessels - Glass and its accompanying accoutrements of

and its accompanying accoutrements of yokes

associated with the nighttime world of the moon and stars

Condition: Originally from a larger statue

commodities closely associated with South Arabian trade during the Hellenistic period

and highly polished surface

A Published Amarna Sandstone Relief Fragment Depicting Merit-Aten Holding a Sistrum, Amarna Period, ca. 1379 – 1362 BCE, Vessels - Glass and its accompanying accoutrements ofThis sandstone relief fragment portrays Merit Aten, eldest daughter of Pharaoh Akhenaten and Queen Nefertiti, and later Great Royal Wife of Pharaoh Semenkhkara, her brother. The princess is delicately rendered in profile, wearing the side lock of youth and displaying the distinctive elongated facial proportions characteristic of Amarna art. She raises a sistrum, the sacred rattle like instrument traditionally played by women in temple rituals