Cast

E647

From: Egypt | El-Amarna

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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Object Number E647
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Egypt | El-Amarna
Locus rubble left by sculpters
Period Eighteenth Dynasty | New Kingdom
Date Made 1539-1292 BCE
Section Egyptian
Materials Plaster
Iconography Akhenaten
Description

Cast of head of Akhenaten. Artists made casts of clay trial sculptures in order to correct them before making the final art work.

Height 15 cm
Width 16 cm
Depth 2.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from William Flinders Petrie, 1893
Other Number ES647 - Original Number

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