Remains of a painted plaster pavement from a palace of AkhenatenRealism abounds in a fragment of pai
Remains of a painted plaster pavement from a palace of AkhenatenRealism abounds in a fragment of painted plaster floor, showing ducks among lotuses and papyri.Fragment of a painted floor from the southern palace at Amarna, the Maru-Aten (which was built for Meritaten, King Akhenaten’s eldest daughter). It is made of painted plaster, and depicts a marsh scene with wild ducks flying over tufts of reeds and papyrus which intermingle with the floating leaves of a flowering plant.New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, Amarna Period, reign of Akhenaten, ca. 1353-1336 BC.Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.JE 33030/1 -- source link
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