Princess Strumming a Lute Relief in the Brooklyn Museum, January 2010

Relief, Lute Player

When still intact, the scene from which this relief comes showed one of Akhenaten's daughters playing a lute in a boat floating through reeds in the Nile marshes. The thumb and index finger of the princess's right hand strum the chords, while the long delicate fingers of her left hand press down on the lute strings.

Medium: Limestone, painted

Geographical Locations:

Place made: Amarna, Egypt

Place found: Hermopolis, Egypt

Dates: ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E.

Dynasty: late XVIII Dynasty

Period: New Kingdom, Amarna Period

Dimensions: 21 x 9 1/4 in. (53.3 x 23.5 cm)

Collections: Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Museum Location: This item is on view in Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity, Amarna Period, Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Gallery, 3rd Floor

Accession Number: 60.197.9

Credit Line: Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund


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