Floral Inlay
ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E.
Maker Unknown
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
The walls of the Great Palace at el Amarna were decorated with small inlays arranged to form complex scenes. In many of these scenes, members of the royal family present great formal bouquets to the Aten. This inlay—a yellow persea fruit and a lotus flower—was the uppermost element of one of these bouquets.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Ornament
- Formatted Medium
- Faience
- Medium
- faience
- Locations
- Possible place collected: Tell el-Amarna, Egypt
- Dynasty
- late Dynasty 18
- Dimensions
- 2 1/2 × 1 15/16 in. (6.3 × 5 cm)
- Accession Number
- 49.8
- Credit Line
- Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
- Exhibitions
- Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity, Ancient Egyptian Art
- Rights Statement
- Creative Commons-BY
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