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  Worldvisitguide > Places > Metropolitan Museum... > Ancient Egypt > Eighteen Dynasty - Amarna... > Hand
Hand
Artist : Anonyme

Relationship with : Aton

Material : Limestone
XVIIIème dynastie
Item 32 on 40
Ancient Egypt
Sculpture (Main)

Vitrine : 3 (Ref. 7)

Area related
Amarna (Egypte)


Description   

A selection of hands and feet evokes the graceful, often innovative poses ot the statuary. The small arm and hand hung at the side of a standing statuette, the lower arm and curved hand slightly everted in a natural open gesture.
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Aménophis IV- Akhénaton interdira le culte des dieux de la religion égyptienne polythéiste et instaura celui d'un dieu unique, Aton.

 
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