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Talatat: palace scene featuring the window of appearances

1349–1336 B.C.
FindspotHermopolis, originally from el-Amarna, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueLimestone
DimensionsHeight x width x depth: 23.8 x 52.9 x 3.3 cm (9 3/8 x 20 13/16 x 1 5/16 in.)
Credit LineHelen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession number63.427
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ClassificationsArchitectural elements
ProvenanceFrom Hermopolis (originally from el-Amarna). Between 1929 and 1939, excavated by the Deutsche Hermopolis-Expedition (Roeder, Amarna Reliefs, no. 127). By 1963, Jean Vinchon & Cie., Paris; 1963, sold by Jean Vinchon to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 20, 1963)