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Source Description
This knob belonged to a chest and was used to fasten it. The inscription shows the two divine names of Aten, the sun god of Amarna, in cartouches, and the names of King Akhenaten. The line below the cartouches contains the wish for eternal life.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
9743
label
Furniture Knob with Name of King
core
obj
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object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
9743
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Furniture Knob with Name of King
description
This knob belonged to a chest and was used to fasten it. The inscription shows the two divine names of Aten, the sun god of Amarna, in cartouches, and the names of King Akhenaten. The line below the cartouches contains the wish for eternal life.
provenance
Rev. William MacGregor, Tamworth, Staffordshire, by 1922; Sale, Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London, June 26-29 and July 4-6, 1922, no. 273 [as from Tel-el-Amarna]; Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York, 1922, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1923, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1340 BC (New Kingdom)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
furniture
knobs
imageCount
1
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1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
3.6
height
5.2
dimensionsRaw
1 7/16 x 2 1/16 in. (3.6 x 5.2 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
inscriptions
[Inscription]
dynasty
18th Dynasty
med
Egyptian faience
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6182
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EGY
exhibition_ids
10
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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58c76d173ae42253