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<em>Fragment of a Parapet</em>, ca. 1347-1340 B.C.E. Limestone, 17 x 5 1/2 x 16 3/4 in. (43.2 x 14 x 42.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 41.82. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.41.82.jpg)
Fragment of a Parapet, ca. 1347-1340 B.C.E. Limestone, 17 x 5 1/2 x 16 3/4 in. (43.2 x 14 x 42.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 41.82. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.41.82.jpg)
<em>Fragment of a Parapet</em>, ca. 1347-1340 B.C.E. Limestone, 17 x 5 1/2 x 16 3/4 in. (43.2 x 14 x 42.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 41.82. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.41.82.jpg)

Fragment of a Parapet, ca. 1347-1340 B.C.E. Limestone, 17 x 5 1/2 x 16 3/4 in. (43.2 x 14 x 42.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 41.82. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.41.82.jpg)

<em>Fragment of a Parapet</em>, ca. 1347-1340 B.C.E. Limestone, 17 x 5 1/2 x 16 3/4 in. (43.2 x 14 x 42.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 41.82. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.41.82_L49.13a-b_view1_wwg7.jpg)

Fragment of a Parapet, ca. 1347-1340 B.C.E. Limestone, 17 x 5 1/2 x 16 3/4 in. (43.2 x 14 x 42.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 41.82. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.41.82_L49.13a-b_view1_wwg7.jpg)

<em>Fragment of a Parapet</em>, ca. 1347-1340 B.C.E. Limestone, 17 x 5 1/2 x 16 3/4 in. (43.2 x 14 x 42.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 41.82. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.41.82_L49.13a-b_view2_wwg7.jpg)

Fragment of a Parapet, ca. 1347-1340 B.C.E. Limestone, 17 x 5 1/2 x 16 3/4 in. (43.2 x 14 x 42.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 41.82. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.41.82_L49.13a-b_view2_wwg7.jpg)

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Fragment of a Parapet

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

On View: Amarna Period, Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Gallery, 3rd Floor
MEDIUM Limestone
  • Place Excavated: Tell el-Amarna, Egypt
    • DATES ca. 1347-1340 B.C.E.
    DYNASTY late Dynasty 18
    PERIOD New Kingdom, Amarna Period
    DIMENSIONS 17 x 5 1/2 x 16 3/4 in. (43.2 x 14 x 42.5 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in Amarna Period, Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Gallery, 3rd Floor
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    ACCESSION NUMBER 41.82
    CREDIT LINE Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
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    CAPTION Fragment of a Parapet, ca. 1347-1340 B.C.E. Limestone, 17 x 5 1/2 x 16 3/4 in. (43.2 x 14 x 42.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 41.82. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.41.82.jpg)
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    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Fragment of the upper part of a large free standing stela in fine, hard limestone. Obverse, in sunk relief at right, Amenophis IV and Nefertiti (at left) worshipping the aten. Three columns of hieroglyphics above. Reverse, duplicate scene with different details. Condition: Greatly mutilated. Portions missing and numerous chips.
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    <em>Fragment of a Parapet</em>, ca. 1347-1340 B.C.E. Limestone, 17 x 5 1/2 x 16 3/4 in. (43.2 x 14 x 42.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 41.82. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.41.82.jpg)

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    Amarna Style
    Egypt
    Egyptian
    El Amarna, Egypt
    Fragment
    Hieroglyphs
    Late 18th Dynasty
    Limestone
    New Kingdom
    Stela
    Upper Part of Free Standing Stela

    TAGS

    Amarna Style
    Egypt
    Egyptian
    El Amarna, Egypt
    Fragment
    Hieroglyphs
    Late 18th Dynasty
    Limestone
    New Kingdom
    Stela
    Upper Part of Free Standing Stela
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