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

Red quartzite fragment with hieroglyphs in sunk relief. Quite shallowly cut hieroglyphs in a horizontal band, at the end of which two diagonal bands pass, possibly rays of the sun, touching a curved surface at the bottom of the fragment.

The translation is ever and ever.

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

Object details

  • Reference: BOLMG:1923.19.2.35
  • Material: red quartzite
  • Culture: Dynasty 18
  • Period: New Kingdom
  • Excavator: C.L. Woolley T.E. Peet
  • Dated: 1550 - 1295 BC
  • Object name: inscribed red quartzite fragment
  • Dimensions: Length: 55mm , Width: 53mm , Depth: 15mm
  • Published references: Peet T E and Woolley C L The City of Akhenaten 1 1923 pl LXI 21 *
  • Site: Amarna
  • Latitude: 27.645197
  • Longitude: 30.896483