Probably
from Amarna
Reign of Akhenaten, 1353 - 1336 B.C.
Limestone; h. 51 cm, w. 105.5 cm, d. 5.2 cm
Egyptian Curator's Fund. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1964
64.1944
The sphinx,
an incarnation of Ra-Horakhty, the god of the rising sun, was an appropriate
image for use by Atenists. Akhenaten was frequently depicted as a sphinx
worshiping Aten.
