Balustrade fragment with cartouches of the Aten
Object type: Balustrade section, Aten cartouches
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom, Amarna Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: reign of Akhenaten
Date: ca. 1352–1336 B.C.
Medium: Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
Dimensions: H. 15 × W. 13.5 × D. 11 cm (5 7/8 × 5 5/16 × 4 5/16 in.); cartouche: W. 3.3 cm (1 5/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Middle Egypt Amarna (Akhetaten)
Excavation: Petrie/Carter excavations, 1891–92
Credit line: Gift of Edward S. Harkness, 1921
Accession year: 1921