Wig (a) and beard (b) 1353–1336 BC New Kingdom These two fragments belong to the group of fragments from the Great Aten Temple at Amarna Petrie and Carter in 1891-2. They constitute a significant contribution to the research on the temple statuary. The wig could be royal or non-royal, and is so flat as to possibly be relief rather than statuary. The beard in small statuary of the king is otherwise unattested from the temple. The fragments reached the museum by a circuitous path. A French dealer Joseph Altounian was the next major purchaser after the Museum when the Museum purchased Amarna temp
Wig (a) and beard (b) 1353–1336 BC New Kingdom These two fragments belong to the group of fragments from the Great Aten Temple at Amarna Petrie and Carter in 1891-2. They constitute a significant contribution to the research on the temple statuary. The wig could be royal or non-royal, and is so flat as to possibly be relief rather than statuary. The beard in small statuary of the king is otherwise unattested from the temple. The fragments reached the museum by a circuitous path. A French dealer Joseph Altounian was the next major purchaser after the Museum when the Museum purchased Amarna temple fragments dispersed at auction in 1921. In 1957 when M. Altounian died, the Museum purchased the Amarna fragments left at his death. These two fragments had been retained in the family and only recently became Wig (a) and beard (b). 1353–1336 BC. indurated limestone. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Middle Egypt, Amarna/Akhetaten, Great Temple of the Aten, pit outside southern wall, Petrie/Carter Excavations, 1891-2. Dynasty 18
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