Plate LXXXIV · Amenophis III And IV (Amen-Hotep Or Amen-Hothe, Rendered By The Greeks As Amenothès And Amenophis: «Peace Of Ammon»)

Vol. I (1948) · full-page plate
Left: GRANITE STATUE OF AMENHOTEP III (1410-1375 B.C.: 18th dynasty) - Turin, Museo d'antichità - Egyptian Section; Right: COMMEMORATIVE SCARAB OF AMENHOTEP III (1410-1375 B.C.: 18th dynasty). It commemorates the construction of an artificial lake for Queen Tiye. A notable detail is that the boat on which the pharaoh carried out the inaugural ceremony bears the name of Shining Aten, that is, of the sun disk that marked the religious revolution of his successor Amenhotep IV - Vatican, Museo egizio.
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Plate LXXXIV
Left: GRANITE STATUE OF AMENHOTEP III (1410-1375 B.C.: 18th dynasty) - Turin, Museo d'antichità - Egyptian Section; Right: COMMEMORATIVE SCARAB OF AMENHOTEP III (1410-1375 B.C.: 18th dynasty). It commemorates the construction of an artificial lake for Queen Tiye. A notable detail is that the boat on which the pharaoh carried out the inaugural ceremony bears the name of Shining Aten, that is, of the sun disk that marked the religious revolution of his successor Amenhotep IV - Vatican, Museo egizio.

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