Royal Lute Player
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Object Label
When still intact, the scene from which this relief comes showed one of Akhenaten's daughters playing a lute in a boat floating through reeds in the Nile marshes. The thumb and index finger of the princess's right hand strum the chords, while the long delicate fingers of her left hand press down on the lute strings.
Caption
Royal Lute Player, ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E.. Limestone, pigment, 21 x 9 1/4 in. (53.3 x 23.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 60.197.9. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Title
Royal Lute Player
Date
ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E.
Dynasty
late Dynasty 18
Period
New Kingdom, Amarna Period
Geography
Place found: Hermopolis, Egypt, Place made: Tell el-Amarna, Egypt
Medium
Limestone, pigment
Classification
Dimensions
21 x 9 1/4 in. (53.3 x 23.5 cm)
Credit Line
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
Accession Number
60.197.9
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