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Material : Painted limestone
Acquisition : Gift of Norbert Schimmel (1985)
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Ancient Egypt
Sculpture
Area related
Amarna (Egypte)
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Vignettes that capture a moment in time are typical of Amarna reliefs. Such a moment is depicted at the bottom left, which shows the royal boat moored with pegs driven into the bank. The man on the deck seems to be stepping onto to the boat from a gangplank. Behind him, on the prow, is a small cabin or kiosk. Its wall is decorated with a representation on Akhenaten followed by Nefertiti and one of their daughters. A waterbird flies above the prow.
Scenes of nature and decorative motifs derived from the natural world were always a feature of Egyptian art but took on special significance during the time of the Aten religion. The fragment in the center at the top is from the edge of a building. The rough area along the left side was probably raised and rounded architectural feature called an astragal, which protected the corner of a small shrine. The grapevine decoration exhibits the very successful integration of two carving techniques. The delicate outlines of the leaves and the veins within them are lightly incised into the surface, while the vine itself and the dense clusters of grapes are carved in the well-modeled sunk relief.
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