Harvest Ritual(?)
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Object Label
The scene of an individual—by his or her size, surely royal—grasping stalks of grain has no parallel at el Amarna. It may represent a harvest ritual honoring the ancient fertility god Min. A festival for any god but the Aten at el Amarna could only have been celebrated after Akhenaten's death, during the two years before Tutankhaten returned Egypt's capital to Thebes. It may even depict a rite carried out at Tutankhaten's coronation.
Caption
Harvest Ritual(?), ca. 1352–1334 B.C.E.. Limestone, pigment, 9 3/16 x 20 1/2 in. (23.4 x 52 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 60.197.2. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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Title
Harvest Ritual(?)
Date
ca. 1352–1334 B.C.E.
Dynasty
late Dynasty 18
Period
New Kingdom, Amarna Period
Geography
Place found: Hermopolis Magna, Egypt
Medium
Limestone, pigment
Classification
Dimensions
9 3/16 x 20 1/2 in. (23.4 x 52 cm)
Credit Line
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
Accession Number
60.197.2
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