Unfinished statuette of King Akhenaton

The unfinished sculpture is made of limestone and has several fragments. The head is broken, the right leg from the middle of the thigh, the left leg below the knee and part of the left hand. There is still a lack of a piece of the back arrow that ends on the buttocks. Between the shoulder blades there is a bridge that leads vertically upwards. The statuette is roughly worked out, but its future shape can be clearly seen. The right angled arm ends with the fist in front of the chest, the left hand hangs laterally on the body. The left thigh is facing forward, the right slightly backwards. In the right, the figure holds a crumb bar, which has been worked through from the hand at an angle to the chest. The remnants of red and black color are clearly visible, which are predrawings. The crumb stick is marked with red color, which can be easily recognized despite its processing. Also in red color is the centerline (linea alba), which runs vertically across the chest and across the middle of the villain. She divides the body into a left and right half and served the sculptor primarily as a guide. The ends of the scourge on the upper arm, the neck collar and the villain are marked with black color. The left hand was not worked out, but is comparable to other statuettes made of Achet-Aton. The hand must have presented itself to the observer with its top. A motif that is also found in wooden statuettes of the Akhenaten and that is not only limited to Pharaoh, but can also be detected in statuettes of the Queen Nefertiti. The signals of domination, crumb and scourge (fronds or flagellum), in the right hand identify the statuette as a Akhenaten. These two symbols, which have been in existence since the Old Kingdom, i.e. after 2500 BC., were only allowed to be carried by Pharaoh. Although the royal family appears to be equal in many representations, these two elements are only found in the king. The bridge between the shoulder blades was originally a holder for a crown. The life-size bust of Pharaoh in Berlin (ÄM 21360) and another in Paris also have this bracing or support for a blue crown. Therefore, it can be assumed that this piece should be the representation of the Akhenaten with the Blue Crown. Whether this figure was planned for use in the royal context or whether it should be suitable for use in the non-royal context remains unclear. A private use of royal representations in garden or house chapels is proven by stele of the Aton and King cult in a flat pattern. This use may perhaps be accepted for roundel works. From: Rattmann, A., in: F. Seyfried (eds), Im Licht von Amarna. 100 years of the Nofretene find, Berlin 2012, p. 350 (Cat. No. 130). Origin information: German Orient Society (DOG), client Borchardt, Ludwig (5.10.1863 - 12.8.1938), head of the excavation Amenophis (Amenhotep) IV/Akhenaten Dating: Amenhotep IV/Akhenaten P 47.02 (Egypt/Middle Egypt/Amarna/P 47/P 47.01-03 (estate)) In one of the Western Spaces donation James Simon, 1920 (Egyptian museum and collection of papyrus)