Relief with two royal male figures

Unknown

ca. 1353–1336 B.C. · Limestone, paint · Egyptian Art

This relief depicts the torsos of two figures, a larger one on the left and a smaller one on the right. The figure on the right is clearly a male, and the figure on the left must also be a male because the angle of the garment ridges identify it as the male wrapped kilt. The clothing along with the intimacy of the grouping thus indicate two male members of the Amarna royal family are depicted. Given the size differential of the two figures, it is perhaps more likely that Smenkhare and Tutankhaten as brothers (?) are depicted, rather than Akhenaten and Smenkhkare as coregents.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1353–1336 B.C.

Medium

Limestone, paint

Department

Egyptian Art

Credit line

Purchase, The Abner Rosen Foundation Inc. Gift and Ludlow Bull Fund, 2006