Description
This amulet should secure Akhenaten's epiphany, as well as his royal authority, and guarantee for a private owner his royal patronage.
Provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1929 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Inscriptions
[Translation] Throne name of King Akhenaten in a cartouche combined with a title, which represents the multiplicity and diversity of the divine manifestation of the king: Nefer-kheperu-Re wa-en-Re, / Lord of Appearances.
Credit
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1929
