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

Sculptor's Model with Head of Akhenaten New Kingdom, Amarna PeriodTell el-Amarna, Egypt

Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, acc. 36.873. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

Accession: 36.873
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']
Height: 16.4 cm
Width: 3.8 cm
Repository: Brooklyn Museum
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Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Sculptor's Model with Head of Akhenaten (36.873). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/19227

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Caption: Sculptor's Model with Head of Akhenaten, ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E.. Limestone, 6 7/16 x 1 1/2 x 7 5/16 in. (16.4 x 3.8 x 18.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 36.873. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

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A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.

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Found at Amarna (Akhetaten)

Royals Akhenaten

Materials Limestone

Cross-references (2)

BKM-Accession 36.873 tier-2
BKM-Object 46926 tier-2

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