Statuette of an el-`Amarna princess, part

This upper part of a statue of a princess from el-`Amarna is a workshop piece, a model to be used by the sculptor when sculpting the head and upper body of a young princess. Her left side is connected to the angular corner of a block of stone up to the shoulders, which on the back turns into the back pillar. The elongated back of the skull rests on this. The model probably comes from one of the workshops of el-`Amarna. The grid for the proportions was painted on the corner of the block of stone. The middle of the head is marked by a black line, as are the outlines of the eyes and the brows. The sloping ears have only been roughly worked out of the stone.

Present location	KUNSTHISTORISCHES MUSEUM [09/001] VIENNA
Inventory number	9961
Dating	AMENHOTEP IV/AMENOPHIS IV/NEFERKHEPERURE/AKHENATEN
Archaeological Site	UNKNOWN
Category	FIGURINE/STATUETTE
Material	QUARTZITE
Technique	CARVED; SCULPTURED
Height	19 cm
Width	9 cm
Depth	12 cm

Bibliography

• Katalog "Ägyptische Kunst aus der Zeit des Köngis Echnaton", 14.5.-27.6.1965, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, 20, Nr. 21, Abb. 12, Privatbesitz München.
• Katalog "Entdeckungen. Ägypt. Kunst in Süddeutschland", 30.8.-6.10.1985 München, 64ff., Nr. 48 Privatbesitz.
• Katalog "Land der Bibel" Wien (1997) 46 f., Kat.Nr. 58.
• Katalog "Von Babylon bis Jerusalem. Die Welt der altorientalischen Königsstädte", Mannheim (1999) 46f., Kat.Nr. 58.

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