Relief Fragment: Court Ladies at a Ceremony in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, November 2010

Court Ladies at a Ceremony

Period: New Kingdom, Amarna Period

Dynasty: Dynasty 18

Reign: reign of Akhenaten

Date: ca. 1353–1336 B.C.

Geography: Egypt, Middle Egypt, el-Amarna probably; Hermopolis possibly

Medium: Limestone, paint

Dimensions: H. 21.5 cm (8 7/16 in); w. 53.5 cm (21 1/16 in)

Credit Line: Gift of Norbert Schimmel, 1985

Accession Number: 1985.328.14

Description:

The spontaneous, festive mood of this cluster of young women is achieved by their irregular groupng and by the pose of the women at the upper right who raise their arms in welcome or celebration. Below, three women appear to be sipping from shallow bowls. Behind the group is part of another scene; the small bent figure of a servant apparently engaged in some domstic task.


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