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Royal Foot

Bowing woman

Reign of Akhenaten, 1353–1336 B.C.
Limestone
Gift of Schimmel Foundation,
in honor of William Stevenson Smith.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1962 62.501

ROYAL FOOT

This woman is bowing to kiss the ground touched by the foot at the right--a large foot shown with all its toes, indicating it belongs to royalty, probably to Akhenaten.