Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · statue

Sculptor's Trial Piece New Kingdom, Amarna PeriodTell el-Amarna, Egypt

Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, acc. 35.1998. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 35.1998
Find spot: Tell el-Amarna, Egypt, Egypt approx. site location
Period: New Kingdom, Amarna Period
Dynasty: late Dynasty 18
Date: ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E.
Date range: 1352 BCE – 1336 BCE
Materials: ['Limestone', 'pigment']
Height: 11.6 cm
Width: 10.2 cm
Repository: Brooklyn Museum
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Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Sculptor's Trial Piece (35.1998). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/19219

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Caption: Sculptor's Trial Piece, ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E.. Limestone, pigment, 4 9/16 × 4 × 1 in. (11.6 × 10.2 × 2.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 35.1998. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

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Found at Amarna (Akhetaten)

Materials Limestone Red Pigment

Cross-references (2)

BKM-Accession 35.1998 tier-2
BKM-Object 45622 tier-2

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