Fragment of painted plaster or stucco pavement, depicting a duck rising from Papyrus and Lotus plants.
One of 18 fragments from larger pavement fragment, heavily restored. Recent conservation dramatically changed appearance of pavement.
Object details
- Reference: BOLMG:1924.30.53.d
- Material: pigment plaster
- Culture: Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten
- Period: New Kingdom
- Dated: 1352 - 1336 BC
- Object name: pavement fragment
- Dimensions: Length: 103mm , Width: 70mm , Depth: 12mm
- Published references: V A Donohue Bolton Museum and Art Gallery: The Egyptian Collection (Bolton 1967) p. 10 F J Weatherhead Amarna Palace Paintings (London, 2007) p. 302-3 Maruaten: see B. Kemp 'Outlying Temples at Amarna' in B J Kemp (ed.) Amarna Reports VI (L
- Site: Amarna
- Latitude: 27.645197
- Longitude: 30.896483