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Sculptor's model of Akhenaten

Probably from Amarna Reign of Akhenaten, 1353 - 1336 B.C.
Limestone; h. 26.3 cm, w. 21.3 cm, d. 4.3 cm
Courtesy of the Trustees of the National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh

This head of the king wearing the blue crown probably served as a model for apprentice sculptors to copy; note the hole by which it might have been suspended
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