SculptureEgyptian14th century BCE

Early Amarna Relief Fragment depicting a bearded Syrian

1365-1340 BCE

Description

Carved in sunken relief and depicting a bearded Syrian, probably in the presence of Akhenaten, his hand raised in a gesture of homage. Karnak, Early Amarna Period

Classification

Sculpture

Technique

Carved

Medium

Sandstone

Culture

Egyptian

Period

New Kingdom, Dynasty 18

Century

14th century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

22.8 x 39.4 cm (9 x 15 1/2 in.)

Related Artworks

Sculpture

One of Two Standing Court Ladies, Each with Upturned Shoes, a High-Waisted Dress or Skirt, a Shawl, and an Elaborate Coiffure Secured by a Headband, and Each with Her Hands Clasped at the Waist and Concealed within Her Sleeves

Unknown Artist, late 6th cent. - early 7th cent.

Lead-glazed ware: molded, white earthenware with straw-yellow, lead-fluxed glaze, and with cold-painted pigments over the glaze

6th-7th centuryChinese

Sculpture

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

Daniel Chester French, 1912

Bronze

20th centuryAmerican

Sculpture

Running Pig with incised mouth and nostrils, missing three legs

Unknown Artist, 4th century BCE

Terracotta

4th century BCEGreek

Sculpture

Bust of Baruch Spinoza

Unidentified Artist, 20th century

Toned plaster

20th centuryEuropean

Sculpture

Elongated Woman Wearing a Diadem

Unknown Artist, 5th century BCE

Leaded bronze

5th century BCEItalic

Sculpture

Elderly Disciple Holding a Censer (probably Kasyapa)

Unknown Artist, 534-550

Sandstone; from Tianlongshan Cave 2, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province

6th centuryChinese

Sculpture

Miniature Seated Monkey with Hands Covering Its Mouth, Intended as a Handle for a Ceramic Seal

Unknown Artist, first half 12th century

Celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze, the eyes dotted with black slip. Reportedly recovered in Ch'ulp'o, near the Puan kilns, Puan-gun, North Chŏlla province, in 1965.

12th centuryKorean