Art, Symbol & Imagination
Aten and King Akhenaten: Egyptian Relief
A seated royal figure appears beneath a radiating disc on a broken-topped slab. Long rays descend towards the body, while a vertical band of carved signs fills one side. The caption identifies the god Aten and the king under the historical spelling Aken-aten, and locates the bas-relief in the British Museum. The irregular surviving stone preserves the relationship between the sun disc, royal body and surrounding inscription.
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Ancient Egyptian makers (unrecorded); historical photographs. "Aten and King Akhenaten: Egyptian Relief" [editorial title]. In Myths and Legends of Ancient Egypt, Lewis Spence. September 1923 Harrap reprint; first published August 1913, 1923, George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. Source scan leaf 225. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/egypt-object-225
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- Egyptian religious art
- The God Aten and King Amen-aten
- Historical object photography
- Egyptian antiquities
Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
Historical photograph of an ancient object; printed caption reviewed. Ancient maker unrecorded. Photographer credit recorded individually where printed. Orientation corrected where necessary; no retouching or reconstructed detail.
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Ancient Egyptian makers (unrecorded); historical photographs. Aten and King Akhenaten: Egyptian Relief. Myths and Legends of Ancient Egypt. Scan leaf 225. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/egypt-object-225