| Period: | | Egypt, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, Amenhotep IV/Amenophis IV/Neferkheperure/Akhenaten |
| Dating: | | 1352 BC–1336 BC |
| Origin: | | Egypt, Middle Egypt, El-Amarna [Akhetaten] |
| Material: | | Granite |
| Physical: | | 29.7cm. (11.6 in.) - 15000 g. (529.5 oz.) |
| Catalog: | | STO.XL.00596 |
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Anthropomorphic mirror handle, Dyn. 18
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Blue faience ring, udjat eye, Dyn. 18
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Bronze Horus sarcophagus, Dyn.18
Bronze insigna-pendant of Atum, Dyn. 18
Bronze of a king as Osiris, Dyn. 18
Bronze of Sakhmet seated, early Dyn. 18
Bronze statuette of Apis, Dyn. 18
Cartonnage of Princess Baket, Dyn. 18
Cartouche ring of Akhenaten, Dyn. 18
Carved face from a sarcophagus, Dyn. 18
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Copper inlay for a box, Dyn. 18
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Enameled feathers of Amun, Dyn. 18
Extensible bronze bracelet, Dyn. 18
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Funerary box (panel), Dyn. 18-33
Gilded ib, heart amulet, Dyn.18
Gilded mkrt, snake amulet, Dyn. 18
Gilded ‘tit’ (girdle of Isis) amulet, Dyn. 18
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Horus-the-Child as a ruling king, Dyn. 18
Ibis-headed Thoth with human body, Dyn.18
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King wearing the royal headdress, Dyn. 18
Limestone shawabti, early Dyn. 18
Lotus necklace terminal, Egypt, Dyn. 18
Monumental bronze feather, Dyn. 18
Mummy mask of a young woman, Dyn. 18
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Osiris, King of the Afterlife, Dyn. 18
Osiris of an unknown king, Dyn. 18 (?)
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Pair of udjat eyes of Horus, Dyn. 18
Palm leaf amulet, Dyn. 18-19
Palm leaf amulet, Dyn. 18-19
Pillar capital, Hathor, Dyn. 18
Polychrome glass cup, Dyn 18
Queen as Goddess Mut, Dyn.18
Queen Hatshepsut as Goddess Mut, Dyn. 18
Queen Hatshepsut as Hathor, Dyn. 18
Queen Isis as Isis nursing Thutmose III
Royal situla, sacred water vessel, Dyn.18
Royal wooden sarcophagus lid, Dyn. 18
Sakhmet amulet pendant, Dyn. 18
Sarcophagus of a king, Dyn. 18
Sarcophagus of a queen, Dyn. 18
Scarab “begets the existence of Amun”
Scarab of protection, Dyn. 18
Scarab of Thutmose III, Dyn. 18
Scarab of Thutmose III, Dyn. 18
Scarab of Thutmose III, Dyn. 18
Scarab of Thutmose III, Dyn. 18
Scarab of Thutmose III, Dyn. 18
Scarab of Thutmose III, Dyn. 18
Scarab of Thutmose III, Dyn. 18
Scarab of Thutmose III, Dyn. 18
Scarab of Thutmose III, Dyn. 18
Scarab of Thutmose III, Dyn. 18
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Scarab with ‘Ba’, Dyn. 18
Scarab with “faith in Justice,” Dyn. 18
Scarab with Goddess Hathor
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Scarab with ‘nsw-bity’, Dyn. 18
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These cartouches engraved in a large curved block of red granite were most probably part of a monumental statue of Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV), installed at his new capital of Akhetaten (Amarna). The three cartouches constitute the titulary of Akhenaten. The hieroglyphs read as follows:
Above the middle cartouche nsw-bity, “Lord of the Two Lands”.
In the middle cartouche: nefer-kheperw-re wa-n-re, “Beautiful are the manifestations of Re. Sole one of Re.”
First left-hand cartouche: [nh]ra-hr-hty-ha-i-m-ht, “[Live] Re Harakhti rejoicing on the horizon.”
Second left-hand cartouche: mm-rn-f-sw-nty-m-itn, “In his name as Shw, as light in the globe (in Aten).”
By their references to Re Harakhti and Aten, these two cartouches celebrate the essence of the new religion instigated by Amenhotep IV/Akhenaten.
Under the three cartouches, a single row of hieroglyphs reads: di-ankh-nhh-dt, “May he eternally live in eternity!” (By tradition, di-ankh was commonly appended to the name of the king.)
A painted limestone panel with identical inscriptions and cartouches, displaying a scene of the adoration of Aten by King Akhenaten, the queen, and two princesses, was discovered in 1891 in the royal tomb of Tell el-Amarna (Tiradritti 1998:188-189).
Bibliography (for this item)
Gardiner, Alan
1957 Egyptian Grammar. 3rd edition. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom. (295 ¶ 378)
Gauthier, Henri
1912 Le livre des rois d’Egypte. Tome 2: de la XIIIe à la fin de la XVIIIe dynastie. Institut Français d’Archeologie Orientale, Cairo, Egypt. (350
343-355)
Hart, George
1986 A Dictionary of Egyptian Gods and Goddesses. Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, United Kingdom. (35-49)
Matouk, Fouad S.
1971 Corpus du scarabé égyptien. Tome 1: Les scarabés royaux. Fouad Matouk, Beyrut, Lebanon. (93, 94 # 517, 521
192 # 513, 517, 521)
Shaw, Ian, and Paul Nicholson
1995 The Dictionary of Ancient Egypt. British Museum Press, London, United Kingdom. (26)
Tiradritti, Francesco
1998 Egyptian Treasures from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. White Star Publishers, Vercelli, Italy. (188-189)
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