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Fragment of a column drum featuring the royal family worshiping

Fragment of a column drum featuring the royal family worshiping

Reign of Akhenaten, 1353–1336 B.C.
Limestone
Mary S. and Edward J. Holmes Fund. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1967 67.637

Amarna style

This fragment of a typical scene of Aten worship
shows an elegant Nefertiti with full hips and
elongated face. The daughter standing behind her
has the elongated skull characteristic of images
of the small princesses at Amarna.