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Akhenaten with stela

Amarna, house N.48.15
Reign of Akhenaten, 1353 - 1336 B.C.
Calcite; h. 12.2 cm, w. 3 cm, d. 5.8 cm
Agyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Berlin

Akhenaten leans forward slightly, holding a stela that probably once bore the names of the sun god Aten. The hieroglyphs, which were painted, have long since disappeared.

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