Altar of Akhenaten
5/26/2013 02:32:00 AM
this altar shows how people connect with god Aten and pray to him by the royal family in houses without going to temples
Material ;
This piece is made out of limestone, the figures were painted reddish brown, while the crown and cartouches were painted blue .
Function ;
This takes the shape of a temple pylon, in relief, the royal family (the intermediaries between the people and the god).
Place of discovery ;
The alter was discovered at
Amarna in the house of panehsy , the overseer of the storehouse of Aten and the
seal bearer of the king of Lower Egypt, in the Excavation Season of 1926-1927.
Description ;
The alter is 98cm high and
118cm wide .
It is decorated with a
symmetrical offering scene in sunk relief, representing Akhenaten and his
family offering to Aten .
Under the cavetto cornice
there is a line of Aten,s cartouches, which are used as decorative units, like the hkr frieze .
The king is represented as
usual, wearing the blue crown and a wide collar while the queen is wearing her
tall blue tiara crown and a long transparent garment .
The young princess is having
the side lock of youth and holding a sistrum .
Aten with his rays offering
life to the nostrils of the royal couple, occupies the upper part of the scene
.
Inscriptions ;
Another version of Aten,s
name is written, with the wish to live forever nh dt nhh .
May Ra live,who appears in
the horizon of Aten as a visible manifestation that reaches like Aten .
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