Akhenaten and His Daughter Offering to the Aten Relief in the Brooklyn Museum, August 2007

Akhenaten and His Daughter Offering to the Aten
Limestone, painted
New Kingdom, late Dynasty XVIII, reign of Akhenaten, circa 1352-1336 BC.
Originally from el Amarna; moved in antiquity to Hermopolis, where it was discovered in the 1930s.
Accession # 60.197.6

Akhenaten presents a formal bouquet to the Aten, whose rays, ending in tiny hands, stream down before the king. Only the king's arms, torso, and lower face are preserved. His daughter holds a rattle called a sistrum and wears her hair in an elaborate plaited sidelock, symbolizing youth.

Text from the Brooklyn Museum label.