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Ay receiving a reward

Ay receiving a reward

Reign of Akhenaten,
1353–1336 B.C.
Limestone
Egyptian Museum, Cairo

ROYAL NOW OR ROYAL LATER?

This relief shows the high official Ay and his wife being rewarded by the king, receiving more gold collars to add to the ones they already wear. They are only courtiers now, but years later Ay himself would become pharaoh.