Ancient Egyptian decorated red quartzite fragment from Amarna dated 1550 – 1295 BC

Red quartzite fragment with a royal male head and shoulders, beard and uraeus depicted, in sunk relief, flanked on the right by a curled loop, and on the left by another curled loop and the triangular top of something. The loops look like they could be the tops of crooks. Possibly a determinative or hieroglyph. Traces of white plaster or paint within the figure.

Ancient Egyptian decorated red quartzite fragment from Amarna dated 1550 – 1295 BC

Object details

  • Reference: BOLMG:1923.19.2.16
  • Material: red quartzite
  • Culture: Dynasty 18
  • Period: New Kingdom
  • Excavator: C.L. Woolley T.E. Peet
  • Dated: 1550 - 1295 BC
  • Object name: decorated red quartzite fragment
  • Dimensions: Length: 61mm , Width: 57mm , Depth: 17mm
  • Published references: Peet T E and Woolley C L The City of Akhenaten 1 1923 pl LIX 32
  • Site: Amarna
  • Latitude: 27.645197
  • Longitude: 30.896483