A Published Amarna Sandstone Relief Fragment Depicting Merit-Aten Holding a Sistrum, Amarna Period, ca. 1379 – 1362 BCE, Vessels Sumeria (2100 BCE)

Sumeria (2100 BCE)

human figures

a town in Upper Egypt

its head in profile with an elongated spout

United Kingdom: Shire

A Published Amarna Sandstone Relief Fragment Depicting Merit-Aten Holding a Sistrum, Amarna Period, ca. 1379 – 1362 BCE, Vessels Sumeria (2100 BCE)This sandstone relief fragment portrays Merit Aten, eldest daughter of Pharaoh Akhenaten and Queen Nefertiti, and later Great Royal Wife of Pharaoh Semenkhkara, her brother. The princess is delicately rendered in profile, wearing the side lock of youth and displaying the distinctive elongated facial proportions characteristic of Amarna art. She raises a sistrum, the sacred rattle like instrument traditionally played by women in temple rituals