Wilbour Plaque

Wilbour Plaque
MaterialLimestone
Size15.7 cm × 22.1 cm
Present locationBrooklyn Museum

The Wilbour Plaque is an Ancient Egyptian artifact from the Amarna Period (c. 1352–1336 BCE). Currently housed in the Brooklyn Museum, the plaque is named after Charles Edwin Wilbour, an American Egyptologist who acquired it in 1881 during his explorations in Egypt.

The plaque is carved in sunk relief and depicts Nefertiti on the right, wearing the cap crown, and most likely Akhenaten on the left, wearing the khat headdress. The plaque is believed to have been used as a reference for sculptors to use to depict royalty.

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References

  1. ↑ Aruz, Joan; Benzel, Kim; Evans, Jean M. (2008). Beyond Babylon: Art, Trade, and Diplomacy in the Second Millennium B.C. Metropolitan Museum of Art. ISBN 978-1-58839-295-4.
  2. ↑ Arnold, Dorothea (1996). The Royal Women of Amarna: Images of Beauty from Ancient Egypt. Metropolitan Museum of Art. ISBN 978-0-87099-816-4.