Talatat with Nubians and Syrians in Adoration ca. 1349–1336 New Kingdom, Amarna Period The subjugation and adoration of foreign lands was a common theme in text and image throughout Egyptian history. Here, nine foreign men appear in a row with their hands extended before them in a gesture of adoration. As it is often done in Egyptian art, bodily features, garments, and attributes mark their ethnicity. The three bearded men with the long-sleeved tunics on the right are Syrians. The three men in the middle who wear their hair shorter and at least one of them an earring are Nubians, but not

Talatat with Nubians and Syrians in Adoration ca. 1349–1336 New Kingdom, Amarna Period The subjugation and adoration of foreign lands was a common theme in text and image throughout Egyptian history. Here, nine foreign men appear in a row with their hands extended before them in a gesture of adoration. As it is often done in Egyptian art, bodily features, garments, and attributes mark their ethnicity. The three bearded men with the long-sleeved tunics on the right are Syrians. The three men in the middle who wear their hair shorter and at least one of them an earring are Nubians, but not enough is preserved from the final group of three men behind them to provide an Talatat with Nubians and Syrians in Adoration. ca. 1349–1336 Sandstone. New Kingdom, Amarna Period. From Egypt; Probably from Upper Egypt, Thebes, Karnak

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