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An Egyptian limestone fragmentary royal shabti with cartouche for the Pharaoh Akhenaten image 1
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Lot 273*

An Egyptian limestone fragmentary royal shabti with cartouche for the Pharaoh Akhenaten

6 July 2023, 11:00 BST
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An Egyptian limestone fragmentary royal shabti with cartouche for the Pharaoh Akhenaten
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, reign of Akhenaten, circa 1352-1336 B.C.
18cm high

Footnotes

Provenance:
Anonymous sale; Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 4th May 1974, lot 137.
with Charles Ede Ltd., London (Small Sculpture from Ancient Egypt, July 1976, no. 4).
Bodo Bleß (1940-2022) collection, Berlin, acquired from the above.

Published:
G.T. Martin, The Royal Tomb at el-Amarna II, Egypt Exploration Society, 1989, p.58 and pl.90, no.499; 'Presumably originally from the Royal Tomb or Royal Wady'.

The reign of Akhenaten marked an important break in Egyptian history as the pharaoh introduced a radical programme of religious and artistic reformation. At the death of his father Amenhotep III, he changed his name to Akhenaten and moved the capital to the new city of Akhetaten, modern Tel el-Amarna. He ruled from there together with his wife, Queen Nefertiti. The aim of his reform was to substitute the traditional polytheism for a new monotheistic cult centred around the deified sun disc, Aten. For further discussion, see R. E. Freed, Y. J. Markowitz and S. H. D'Auria, Pharaohs of the Sun. Akhenaten, Nefertiti, Tutankhamen, London, 1999, pp.17-28.

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