Akhenaten and his family offering to god Aten;
5/25/2013 06:35:00 PM
king Akenaten and his family are represented in an adoration attitude before god Aten making offerings
and god Aten is represented as a sun disk with his rays which end with the(ankh) sign,sign of life, as he gives the king life.
Material ;
Alabaster was used in making the piece , it is reasonable as the main quarries for alabaster were h3t-nwb near Amarna . This stone was mainly used for making small objects such as vases, bowls and lamps.
Place of Discovery ;
This slab came from Amarna,
discovered by petrie, in 1891.
Description ;
The slap is 102 cm high and
it represents Akhenaten, Nefertiti and their eldest daughter Merytaten giving
offerings to Aten, who appears as a sun disk, decorate with cobra, and its rays
terminated with hands offering the cnh, sign of life to the king .
The king is extremely deformed
with a very elongated white crown with ribbons, face, body, round breast, large
pelvis and belly. Both the queen and her daughter are represented likewise .
The king is wearing a long plaited kilt, while the queen is wearing a
transparent long mantel and a headdress known as the khat, a headdress, also
worn by goddesses like Meryt, the goddess of music and signing .
The princess is wearing the
traditional side lock of youth. The king, whose body is decorated with the
names of Aten , is offering a kind of bread to his god and Nefertiti is doing
likewise, while the princess is holding a sistrum, the musical instrument of
Hathor, used in religious rituals .
So, in spite of the king,s
new vision in religion and art , he fell
into the ancient traditions
after all.
good luck
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