A Published Amarna Sandstone Relief Fragment Depicting Merit-Aten Holding a Sistrum, Amarna Period, ca. 1379 – 1362 BCE, Vessels Condition: Eight have minor imperfections

Condition: Eight have minor imperfections

Henry Anavian in the 1980s

Sumeria (2100 BCE)

formed in the 1970s - 2000s

Museum of Contemporary Aboriginal Art Museum

A Published Amarna Sandstone Relief Fragment Depicting Merit-Aten Holding a Sistrum, Amarna Period, ca. 1379 – 1362 BCE, Vessels Condition: Eight have minor imperfectionsThis 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