Amarna relief

This is the decorated face of a rectangular building block which has been detached. It bears a scene in shallow sunk relief, without inscriptions. Underneath the relief is a wide smoothed band which is divided from the scene above by a deeper-lying band framed by two incised lines. The scene shows two pylons or temple entrances, in front of which offerings are piled consisting of pieces of meat and jars on high stands. In between the two pylons and to the right are more jars, pieces of meat, and butchered bulls. The various images are placed on the same base line, beneath which there is a smooth narrow line.

Present location	KUNSTHISTORISCHES MUSEUM [09/001] VIENNA
Inventory number	9962
Dating	AMENHOTEP IV/AMENOPHIS IV/NEFERKHEPERURE/AKHENATEN
Archaeological Site	EL-ASHMUNEIN/HERMOPOLIS ?
Category	TALATAT
Material	LIMESTONE
Technique	HIGH RELIEF
Height	23.5 cm
Width	54.5 cm
Depth	3.7 cm

Bibliography

• Hüttner, M. & H. Satzinger, Stelen, Inschriftsteine und Reliefs aus der Zeit der 18. Dynastie. Corpus Antiquitatum Aegyptiacarum (CAA) Wien 16 (In Begutachtung).
• Katalog "Land der Bibel", Wien (1997), Nr. 53.
• Hanke, R., Amarna-Reliefs aus Hermopolis. Hildesheimer Ägyptlogische Beiträge (HÄB) 2 (1978) 98-99, 241, Abb. 29.
• Roeder G., Amarna-Reliefs aus Hermopolis. Ausgrabungen der Deutschen Hermopolis-Expedition in Hermopolis 1929-1939, Band II (1969) P.C. 149, Taf. 192.

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