Relief Depicting Akenhaten and His Daughter Offering to the Aten

Akhenaten presents a formal bouquet to the Aten, whose rays, ending in tiny hands, stream down before the king. Only the king's arms, torso, and lower face are preserved. His daughter holds a rattle called a sistrum and wears her hair in an elaborate plaited sidelock, symbolizing youth.

• Medium: Limestone, painted
• Geographical Locations:
  • Amarna, Egypt
  • Hermopolis Magna, Egypt
• Dates: ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E.
• Dynasty: late XVIII Dynasty
• Period: New Kingdom, Amarna Period
• Dimensions: 8 3/4 x 20 3/8 in. (22.2 x 51.7 cm)
• Collection: Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
• Museum Location: Brooklyn Museum, BMA, EXHIBITION-3, ECAMEA-3G67
• Accession Number: 60.197.6
• Image: 60.197.6_view3_colorcorrected_SL1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 0,

Catalogue Description:
Limestone relief. At left, Akhenaten, arms upraised making an offering to the Aten whose rays, terminating in hands, fill area in front of king. Behind king, a princess holding sistrum. Three (?) columns off effaced text at upper right. Six blank cartouches on king’s torso. Condition: Poor. Face of king obliterated. His arms and body chipped. Neck of princess lost. Edges badly chipped.