A Published Amarna Sandstone Relief Fragment Depicting Merit-Aten Holding a Sistrum, Amarna Period, ca. 1379 – 1362 BCE, Vessels its head in profile with

its head in profile with an elongated spout

Henry Anavian in the 1980s

human figures

Museum and Art Gallery of NT

A Published Amarna Sandstone Relief Fragment Depicting Merit-Aten Holding a Sistrum, Amarna Period, ca. 1379 – 1362 BCE, Vessels its head in profile withThis 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