Fragment of a relief with two prisoners

Fragment of a relief with two prisoners

Sandstone fragment with representations in sunk relief, in two registers. The upper register shows only the knees and feet of two kneeling figures facing right. The lower register shows a negro captive facing right with arms bent upwards and backwards and tied together. Behind him part of the face of an Asian with a pointed beard has been preserved. The style of the representations is typical for the Amarna Period.

Present location ALLARD PIERSON MUSEUM [06/002] AMSTERDAM

Inventory number APM 8753

Dating AMENHOTEP IV/AMENOPHIS IV/NEFERKHEPERURE/AKHENATEN

Archaeological Site THEBES: EAST BANK ?

Category RELIEF

Material SANDSTONE

Technique LOW RELIEF

Height 22.5 cm

Width 20 cm

Depth 5 cm

Bibliography•R.A. Lunsingh Scheurleer (ed.), Egypte, eender en anders (tentoonstellingscatalogus APM), 1984, 23 (nr. 6)

•F.J.E. Boddens Hosang, Two Amarna collections in the Netherlands, OMRO 72 (1992), 15-53: 25, 46/pl. 8

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