Ancient Egyptian inscribed red quartzite fragment from Amarna dated 1350 – 1325 BC

A red quartzite fragment with hieroglyphs in sunk relief. Bottom of two cartouches, with a horizontal band of text beneath them, and an arm or ray from the Aten stretching below that. Large paper label applied in the early twentieth century, bears in black ink ‘Akhenaten I. LIX. 38.’

Ancient Egyptian inscribed red quartzite fragment from Amarna dated 1350 – 1325 BC

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  • Latitude: 27.645197
  • Longitude: 30.896483