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Column Relief (Acc. 9362)

Fragment of limestone relief from a column, depicting king Akhenaten receiving 'ankh', the symbol for 'life' from a ray of sun. Other solar rays extend around him, from the Aten, the divine sun disc. Traces of colour (paint): blue on the king's 'khepresh' helmet, red on the king's face and the sun rays.

34.9 x 12.0 Primary Materials Limestone New Kingdom (Dyn. 18) el-Amarna, Middle Egypt,

Acquisition: Egypt Exploration Society (Donation, 1934-1935)
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by akhenatenator at https://flickr.com/photos/86012097@N08/8552133293 (archive). It was reviewed on 18 December 2017 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-zero.

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