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Hand Clutching an Olive Branch New Kingdom, Amarna PeriodAmarna (Akhetaten)

Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), acc. 1981.449. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 1981.449
Find spot: Amarna (Akhetaten) approx. site location
Period: New Kingdom, Amarna Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: reign of Akhenaten
Date: ca. 1353–1323 B.C.
Date range: 1353 BCE – 1323 BCE
Materials: ['limestone', 'paint']
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), Hand Clutching an Olive Branch (1981.449). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/264

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Talatat, olive branch. New Kingdom, Amarna Period, Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten, ca. 1353–1323 B.C. Limestone, paint. H. 8 11/16 in. (22 cm). Probably originally from: Amarna (Akhetaten). Subject: Hands, Olive Trees. Credit: Gift of Norbert Schimmel, 1981.

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Found at Amarna (Akhetaten)

Materials Limestone

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