Accession No

1937.887


Description

Relief sculpture fragment with the head of princess and part of King.


Place

Africa; North Africa; Egypt; Tell el-Amarna


Period

New Kingdom XVIII.10


Source

Egypt Exploration Society; British Museum Expedition to Middle Egypt


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1937.887; 35/238; TA 35-36


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone; Quartzite; Sandstone


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (CMS Context)
Found: Great Palace, The Broad Hall, from the central pavilion westwards. Excavated in 1935-1936
Event Date 24/5/1991
Author: maa


Description (CMS Description)
Relief sculpture fragment with the head of princess and part of King.
Event Date 24/5/1991
Author: maa


Context (CMS Context)
Marked in black ink: 'TA 35-36 238'
Event Date 15/11/2012
Author: Imogen Gunn


Context (CMS Context)
In typescript list headed 'Tell el-Amarna 1935-1936 Antiquities Presented to the Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology' this relief is listed as: '238. Quartzite fragment of relief.'
Event Date 8/3/2013
Author: Imogen Gunn


Context (CMS Context)
This relief is not listed as coming to the museum in the distribution list (see Bib), and its entry on p. 67 incorrectly gives the museum as the Fitzwilliam. However, it does appear on the typescript list (see above).
Event Date 27/4/2015
Author: Imogen Gunn


Context (CMS Context)
(Bib): Pendlebury, J.D.S. 1951. The City of Akhenaten. Part III. The Central City and the Official Quarters. London. p. 67 (no. 35/238)
Event Date 27/4/2015
Author: Imogen Gunn


FM:36639

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