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<em>Princess Meketaten</em>, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Quartzite, 12 × 6 1/4 × 5 in., 11.5 lb. (30.5 × 15.9 × 12.7 cm, 5.22kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.46. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.46_PS9.jpg)
Princess Meketaten, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Quartzite, 12 × 6 1/4 × 5 in., 11.5 lb. (30.5 × 15.9 × 12.7 cm, 5.22kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.46. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.46_PS9.jpg)
<em>Princess Meketaten</em>, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Quartzite, 12 × 6 1/4 × 5 in., 11.5 lb. (30.5 × 15.9 × 12.7 cm, 5.22kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.46. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.46_PS9.jpg)

Princess Meketaten, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Quartzite, 12 × 6 1/4 × 5 in., 11.5 lb. (30.5 × 15.9 × 12.7 cm, 5.22kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.46. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.46_PS9.jpg)

<em>Princess Meketaten</em>, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Quartzite, 12 × 6 1/4 × 5 in., 11.5 lb. (30.5 × 15.9 × 12.7 cm, 5.22kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.46. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 16.46_side_left_PS9.jpg)

Princess Meketaten, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Quartzite, 12 × 6 1/4 × 5 in., 11.5 lb. (30.5 × 15.9 × 12.7 cm, 5.22kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.46. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 16.46_side_left_PS9.jpg)

<em>Princess Meketaten</em>, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Quartzite, 12 × 6 1/4 × 5 in., 11.5 lb. (30.5 × 15.9 × 12.7 cm, 5.22kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.46. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.46_wwg7.jpg)

Princess Meketaten, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Quartzite, 12 × 6 1/4 × 5 in., 11.5 lb. (30.5 × 15.9 × 12.7 cm, 5.22kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.46. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.46_wwg7.jpg)

<em>Princess Meketaten</em>, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Quartzite, 12 × 6 1/4 × 5 in., 11.5 lb. (30.5 × 15.9 × 12.7 cm, 5.22kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.46. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.46_NegB_print_bw.jpg)

Princess Meketaten, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Quartzite, 12 × 6 1/4 × 5 in., 11.5 lb. (30.5 × 15.9 × 12.7 cm, 5.22kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.46. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.46_NegB_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Princess Meketaten</em>, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Quartzite, 12 × 6 1/4 × 5 in., 11.5 lb. (30.5 × 15.9 × 12.7 cm, 5.22kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.46. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.46_NegC_print_bw.jpg)

Princess Meketaten, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Quartzite, 12 × 6 1/4 × 5 in., 11.5 lb. (30.5 × 15.9 × 12.7 cm, 5.22kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.46. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.46_NegC_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Princess Meketaten</em>, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Quartzite, 12 × 6 1/4 × 5 in., 11.5 lb. (30.5 × 15.9 × 12.7 cm, 5.22kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.46. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.46_NegD_print_bw.jpg)

Princess Meketaten, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Quartzite, 12 × 6 1/4 × 5 in., 11.5 lb. (30.5 × 15.9 × 12.7 cm, 5.22kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.46. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.46_NegD_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Princess Meketaten</em>, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Quartzite, 12 × 6 1/4 × 5 in., 11.5 lb. (30.5 × 15.9 × 12.7 cm, 5.22kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.46. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.46_NegE_print_bw.jpg)

Princess Meketaten, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Quartzite, 12 × 6 1/4 × 5 in., 11.5 lb. (30.5 × 15.9 × 12.7 cm, 5.22kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.46. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.46_NegE_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Princess Meketaten</em>, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Quartzite, 12 × 6 1/4 × 5 in., 11.5 lb. (30.5 × 15.9 × 12.7 cm, 5.22kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.46. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.46_NegF_print_bw.jpg)

Princess Meketaten, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Quartzite, 12 × 6 1/4 × 5 in., 11.5 lb. (30.5 × 15.9 × 12.7 cm, 5.22kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.46. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.46_NegF_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Princess Meketaten</em>, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Quartzite, 12 × 6 1/4 × 5 in., 11.5 lb. (30.5 × 15.9 × 12.7 cm, 5.22kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.46. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.46_NegG_print_bw.jpg)

Princess Meketaten, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Quartzite, 12 × 6 1/4 × 5 in., 11.5 lb. (30.5 × 15.9 × 12.7 cm, 5.22kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.46. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.46_NegG_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Princess Meketaten</em>, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Quartzite, 12 × 6 1/4 × 5 in., 11.5 lb. (30.5 × 15.9 × 12.7 cm, 5.22kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.46. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.46_NegH_print_bw.jpg)

Princess Meketaten, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Quartzite, 12 × 6 1/4 × 5 in., 11.5 lb. (30.5 × 15.9 × 12.7 cm, 5.22kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.46. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.46_NegH_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Princess Meketaten</em>, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Quartzite, 12 × 6 1/4 × 5 in., 11.5 lb. (30.5 × 15.9 × 12.7 cm, 5.22kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.46. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.46_NegH1_print_bw.jpg)

Princess Meketaten, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Quartzite, 12 × 6 1/4 × 5 in., 11.5 lb. (30.5 × 15.9 × 12.7 cm, 5.22kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.46. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.46_NegH1_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Princess Meketaten</em>, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Quartzite, 12 × 6 1/4 × 5 in., 11.5 lb. (30.5 × 15.9 × 12.7 cm, 5.22kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.46. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.46_NegH2_print_bw.jpg)

Princess Meketaten, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Quartzite, 12 × 6 1/4 × 5 in., 11.5 lb. (30.5 × 15.9 × 12.7 cm, 5.22kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.46. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.46_NegH2_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Princess Meketaten</em>, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Quartzite, 12 × 6 1/4 × 5 in., 11.5 lb. (30.5 × 15.9 × 12.7 cm, 5.22kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.46. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.46_NegH3_print_bw.jpg)

Princess Meketaten, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Quartzite, 12 × 6 1/4 × 5 in., 11.5 lb. (30.5 × 15.9 × 12.7 cm, 5.22kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.46. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.46_NegH3_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Princess Meketaten</em>, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Quartzite, 12 × 6 1/4 × 5 in., 11.5 lb. (30.5 × 15.9 × 12.7 cm, 5.22kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.46. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.46_NegH4_print_bw.jpg)

Princess Meketaten, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Quartzite, 12 × 6 1/4 × 5 in., 11.5 lb. (30.5 × 15.9 × 12.7 cm, 5.22kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.46. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.46_NegH4_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Princess Meketaten</em>, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Quartzite, 12 × 6 1/4 × 5 in., 11.5 lb. (30.5 × 15.9 × 12.7 cm, 5.22kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.46. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.46_NegH5_print_bw.jpg)

Princess Meketaten, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Quartzite, 12 × 6 1/4 × 5 in., 11.5 lb. (30.5 × 15.9 × 12.7 cm, 5.22kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.46. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.46_NegH5_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Princess Meketaten</em>, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Quartzite, 12 × 6 1/4 × 5 in., 11.5 lb. (30.5 × 15.9 × 12.7 cm, 5.22kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.46. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.46_NegI_print_bw.jpg)

Princess Meketaten, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Quartzite, 12 × 6 1/4 × 5 in., 11.5 lb. (30.5 × 15.9 × 12.7 cm, 5.22kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.46. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.46_NegI_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Princess Meketaten</em>, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Quartzite, 12 × 6 1/4 × 5 in., 11.5 lb. (30.5 × 15.9 × 12.7 cm, 5.22kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.46. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.46_NegJ_print_bw.jpg)

Princess Meketaten, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Quartzite, 12 × 6 1/4 × 5 in., 11.5 lb. (30.5 × 15.9 × 12.7 cm, 5.22kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.46. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.46_NegJ_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Princess Meketaten</em>, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Quartzite, 12 × 6 1/4 × 5 in., 11.5 lb. (30.5 × 15.9 × 12.7 cm, 5.22kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.46. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.46_NegK_print_bw.jpg)

Princess Meketaten, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Quartzite, 12 × 6 1/4 × 5 in., 11.5 lb. (30.5 × 15.9 × 12.7 cm, 5.22kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.46. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.46_NegK_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Princess Meketaten</em>, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Quartzite, 12 × 6 1/4 × 5 in., 11.5 lb. (30.5 × 15.9 × 12.7 cm, 5.22kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.46. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.46_NegL_print_bw.jpg)

Princess Meketaten, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Quartzite, 12 × 6 1/4 × 5 in., 11.5 lb. (30.5 × 15.9 × 12.7 cm, 5.22kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.46. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.46_NegL_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Princess Meketaten</em>, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Quartzite, 12 × 6 1/4 × 5 in., 11.5 lb. (30.5 × 15.9 × 12.7 cm, 5.22kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.46. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.46_NegM_print_bw.jpg)

Princess Meketaten, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Quartzite, 12 × 6 1/4 × 5 in., 11.5 lb. (30.5 × 15.9 × 12.7 cm, 5.22kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.46. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.46_NegM_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Princess Meketaten</em>, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Quartzite, 12 × 6 1/4 × 5 in., 11.5 lb. (30.5 × 15.9 × 12.7 cm, 5.22kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.46. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.46_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

Princess Meketaten, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Quartzite, 12 × 6 1/4 × 5 in., 11.5 lb. (30.5 × 15.9 × 12.7 cm, 5.22kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.46. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.46_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Princess Meketaten</em>, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Quartzite, 12 × 6 1/4 × 5 in., 11.5 lb. (30.5 × 15.9 × 12.7 cm, 5.22kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.46. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.46_in_situ.JPG)

Princess Meketaten, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Quartzite, 12 × 6 1/4 × 5 in., 11.5 lb. (30.5 × 15.9 × 12.7 cm, 5.22kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.46. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.46_in_situ.JPG)

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Princess Meketaten

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Quartzite
  • Possible Place Made: Tell el-Amarna, Egypt
    • DATES ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E.
    DYNASTY late Dynasty 18
    PERIOD New Kingdom, Amarna Period
    DIMENSIONS 12 × 6 1/4 × 5 in., 11.5 lb. (30.5 × 15.9 × 12.7 cm, 5.22kg)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 16.46
    CREDIT LINE Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour
    PROVENANCE Archaeological provenance not yet documented, probably from Tell el-Amarna, Egypt, possibly from an Amarna Period temple at Akhmim, Egypt; January 8, 1890, purchased at Akhmim by Charles Edwin Wilbour; 1896, inherited from Charles Edwin Wilbour by Charlotte Beebe Wilbour; 1914, inherited from Charlotte Beebe Wilbour by Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour; 1916, gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour to the Brooklyn Museum.
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    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Fragmentary quartzite torso of Princess Meketaten. Left arm held under breasts. Inscribed plinth at back. Condition: Head missing. Body and arms chipped. Legs missing.
    EXHIBITIONS
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Princess Meketaten, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Quartzite, 12 × 6 1/4 × 5 in., 11.5 lb. (30.5 × 15.9 × 12.7 cm, 5.22kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.46. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.46_PS9.jpg)
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    <em>Princess Meketaten</em>, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Quartzite, 12 × 6 1/4 × 5 in., 11.5 lb. (30.5 × 15.9 × 12.7 cm, 5.22kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.46. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.46_PS9.jpg)

    TAGS

    1352-1336
    18th Dynasty
    Amarna
    Amarna Period
    B.C.E.
    Daughter of Akhenaten
    Egypt
    Egyptian
    El Amarna
    headless
    Late 18th Dynasty
    Meketaten
    New Kingdom
    Quartzite
    Sculpture
    Statuette
    Tell el Amarna
    Tell el Amarna, Egypt
    Torso of Meketaten

    TAGS

    1352-1336
    18th Dynasty
    Amarna
    Amarna Period
    B.C.E.
    Daughter of Akhenaten
    Egypt
    Egyptian
    El Amarna
    headless
    Late 18th Dynasty
    Meketaten
    New Kingdom
    Quartzite
    Sculpture
    Statuette
    Tell el Amarna
    Tell el Amarna, Egypt
    Torso of Meketaten

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