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New Kingdom, Amarna Period
This head is easily identified as Akhenaten by the shape of the face and by the khat headdress. The original figure would have been similar to 1982.50.
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Title: Head of a Funerary Figure of Akhenaten
Period: New Kingdom, Amarna Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: reign of Akhenaten
Date: ca. 1353–1336 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt; Probably from Middle Egypt, Amarna (Akhetaten)
Medium: Quartzite
Dimensions: H. 5.5 × W. 5 cm (2 3/16 × 1 15/16 in.)
Credit Line: Bequest of Walter C. Baker, 1971
Accession Number: 1972.118.28
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