Egyptian Red Quartzite Granite Hieroglyphic Fragment with Part of Cartouche

NEW KINGDOM, 18TH DYNASTY, AMARNA PERIOD, 1379-1362 B.C.

2 1/2 in. (74 grams, 64 mm).

Irregular fragment preserving portions of two vertical columns of hieroglyphic text, including the lower part of a royal cartouche with an ankh sign beneath. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Acquired in March 1979.
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.

Accompanied by an old handwritten information card by Peter Clayton, collection no.144.

Footnotes

After Akhenaten's death, the pharaoh's monuments were systematically smashed or defaced. Numerous excavations at Amarna rarely recovered complete or near-complete statuary.

CONDITION

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