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Wall Fragment Inscribed with the Names of Aton
1550-1292 BCE (?) or modern (New Kingdom; Amarna (?) or modern)
limestone
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )
This wall fragment with heiroglyphics is a forgery. It displays Amenophis IV/Akhenaten (1351-1334 BCE) cartouches and titles.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [as from Upper Egypt]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1925, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Measurements
L: 18 5/8 in. (47.3 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1925
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
22.126