A Published Amarna Sandstone Relief Fragment Depicting Merit-Aten Holding a Sistrum, Amarna Period, ca. 1379 – 1362 BCE, Vessels - Glass commodities closely associated with South

commodities closely associated with South Arabian trade during the Hellenistic period

they symbolized agricultural fertility

The necklace has been restrung for modern wear

were placed at the ends of the roof tiles to decorate the plain structures

A Published Amarna Sandstone Relief Fragment Depicting Merit-Aten Holding a Sistrum, Amarna Period, ca. 1379 – 1362 BCE, Vessels - Glass commodities closely associated with SouthThis sandstone relief fragment portrays Merit Aten, eldest daughter of Pharaoh Akhenaten and Queen Nefertiti, and later Great Royal Wife of Pharaoh Semenkhkara, her brother. The princess is delicately rendered in profile, wearing the side lock of youth and displaying the distinctive elongated facial proportions characteristic of Amarna art. She raises a sistrum, the sacred rattle like instrument traditionally played by women in temple rituals