Talatat: Nefertiti Offers to the Aten

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Talatat: Nefertiti Offers to the Aten

Date
1353–1347 BCE
Medium
painted sandstone
Culture
Egypt, Karnak, New Kingdom (1540–1069 BCE), Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten (1351–1334 BCE)
Department
Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
135656

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The son of Amenhotep III, Akenaten, brought about the short-lived "monotheistic" revolution in Egyptian religion near the end of Dynasty 18. The young king constructed a temple complex to the Aten, the Sun Disk, at Karnak—where this relief originated—before he moved his capital to El Amarna. For reasons unknown, the figure of the Queen Nefertiti appears in these reliefs far more often than that of the king. Ironically, the Aten temples were dismantled to be used as foundations and fill for adaptations to the Great Temple of Amun, whom the Aten had briefly displaced. Just in front of her nostril is the ankh or symbol of life, being given to her by Aten the sun, so that she may breathe in the god's gift of life.

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Credit line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Provenance
-1959: Mrs. Paul Mallon, Paris, France, Sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 1959-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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    Ancient Egyptian Personal Objects

    These objects are cosmetic implements and grooming tools from ancient Egypt, including mirrors, palettes for grinding pigments, and decorative knives, representing daily life and personal adornment practices.

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